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If you had an hour of school board time for Windom Area Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 251 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINDOM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274278005282
Windom Area Elementary
1200 17TH ST, WINDOM, MN 56101 · (507) 831-6925 · Cottonwood County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
243 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 5% smaller than its 4th grade class (98).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Windom Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
57.0%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Windom Area Elementary
Windom Area Elementary's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windom Area Elementary this school | 493 | 49.3% | 47.7% |
| Lakeview Elementary ALBERT LEA | 400 | 52.3% | 40.8% |
| Pipestone Elementary PIPESTONE | 580 | 49.1% | 40.7% |
| PINE BEND ELEMENTARY INVER GROVE HEIGHTS | 511 | 48.3% | 33.3% |
| SIBLEY EAST-GAYLORD ELEMENTARY GAYLORD | 503 | 43.5% | 41.7% |
| Blue Earth Area Elementary BLUE EARTH | 515 | 52.8% | 38.2% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Windom Area Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #380 of 844 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #325 of 844 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #537 of 844 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #307 of 1,130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #329 of 769 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #278 of 796 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #340 of 942 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
493
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 493 | 37.2 | 13.2:1 | 49% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 38.9 | 11.5:1 | 58% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 43.5 | 12.6:1 | 59% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 44 | 12.0:1 | 46% (243) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Windom Area Elementary.
About Windom Area Elementary
Windom Area Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in WINDOM, Minnesota, one of the schools in Windom Public School District. Its 493 students are spread across pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students.
Windom Public School District counts 4 schools and 1,187 students, including Windom Area Elementary.
A majority of students at Windom Area Elementary, 56%, are White. The next largest groups are 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Pacific Islander. The school's White share is 25 points below the 81% share among Cottonwood County residents. By the diversity index, Windom Area Elementary comes in at 60%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1, with 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Minnesota average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Windom Area Elementary is 49%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Windom Area Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools: 47.7% actual against 38.6% predicted.
Within Cottonwood County, median household income is about $72,941, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 14 public schools in Cottonwood County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,966.
The closest other public school is Windom Middle, about 0.2 miles away. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Windom Area Elementary ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.7% against a local average of 37.2%.
Federal data place Windom Area Elementary in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Windom Area Elementary went from 529 students to 493. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Windom Area Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cottonwood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,458
Census ACS
Median income
$72,941
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
1,966 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Windom Public School District
- Windom MiddleMiddle · 359 students
- Windom Senior HighHigh · 327 students
- Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 8 students
- Out-of-State Care and TreatmentCombined
Other schools in WINDOM
- Windom MiddleMiddle · 359 students
- Windom Senior HighHigh · 327 students
- SWWC ELC - WindomCombined · 42 students
- SWWC ALC - WindomHigh · 41 students
- Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 8 students
- Out-of-State Care and TreatmentCombined
Nearby schools
- Windom Middle0.2 mi · 359
- Windom Senior High0.2 mi · 327
- SWWC ELC - Windom0.4 mi · 42
- SWWC ALC - Windom0.4 mi · 41
- Early Childhood Learning Center1.1 mi · 8
- HERON LAKE-OKABENA ELEMENTARY10.9 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Windom Area ElementaryHow many students attend Windom Area Elementary?
Windom Area Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Windom Area Elementary serve?
Windom Area Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Windom Area Elementary?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Windom Area Elementary.
How diverse is Windom Area Elementary?
Windom Area Elementary reports a student body of 56% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Windom Area Elementary public or private?
Windom Area Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Windom Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.