WALC Extended Day

WALC Extended Day, a very small four-year high school in WINONA, Minnesota, operated by WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 21 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 94% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

WALC Extended Day is one of 8 schools operated by WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 2,465 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WALC Extended Day reports that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Black, 14% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Winona County's rate of about 40%.

Zooming out to the county, Winona County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,744, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Winona County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,580 students), WALC Extended Day is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WINONA AREA LEARNING CENTER, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

In the discussion threads here, members of the WALC Extended Day community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.