SWWC ALC - Windom

SWWC ALC - Windom is an one-room-style secondary school in WINDOM, Minnesota, operated by Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop. The school works with 41 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 89% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Across the 10 schools in Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop (292 students total), SWWC ALC - Windom accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SWWC ALC - Windom lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SWWC ALC - Windom has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting SWWC ALC - Windom tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cottonwood County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Cottonwood County shows median household income runs about $72,941, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Cottonwood County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,966 students), of which SWWC ALC - Windom is one.

SWWC ELC - Windom is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 28%: 32 students in 2018 compared to 41 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 28% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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