Riverway Secondary

Located at 1200 STORRS POND ROAD, in WINONA, Minnesota, Riverway Secondary is a rural-scale secondary school that teaches 63 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by Riverway Learning Community Charter. That puts it 83% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Across the 2 schools in Riverway Learning Community Charter (124 students total), Riverway Secondary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Riverway Secondary records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Riverway Secondary reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.8:1. The state averages around 16.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Winona County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Riverway Secondary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.8%; this one delivers 38.1%.

In the area at large, Winona County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,744 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Winona County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,580 students), Riverway Secondary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverway Learning Community Charter, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Riverway Secondary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting. Riverway Secondary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Riverway Secondary's enrollment has ticked up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 46 (now 63). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 26.8:1 today.

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