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Enrollment
665
Middle
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 274407001830
WINONA MIDDLE
1570 HOMER RD, WINONA, MN 55987 · (507) 494-1000 · Winona County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Minnesota public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
296 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 48%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 185 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 168 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 155 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 24% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
27.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 WINONA MIDDLE
WINONA MIDDLE's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINONA MIDDLE this school | 665 | 44.5% | 30.0% |
| CLOQUET MIDDLE CLOQUET | 752 | 42.8% | 43.0% |
| Owatonna Middle School OWATONNA | 1,015 | 42.7% | 40.8% |
| St. Peter Middle School SAINT PETER | 617 | 39.2% | 44.8% |
| Prairie Winds Middle School MANKATO | 887 | 42.8% | 42.0% |
| Lincoln Middle School HIBBING | 647 | 48.4% | 45.6% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 WINONA MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #194 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #187 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #193 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #106 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #28 of 210 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #108 of 216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #81 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #10 of 129 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
665
-109 (-14%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,067
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 665 | 47.6 | 14.0:1 | 45% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 46.2 | 13.8:1 | 50% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 47.4 | 13.5:1 | 50% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 36 | 21.5:1 | 35% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 927 | 54.1 | 17.1:1 | 41% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 915 | 63 | 14.5:1 | 37% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 952 | 62 | 15.3:1 | 39% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 1,000 | 57 | 17.5:1 | 32% (319) |
| 1990-91 | 1,067 | 73 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINONA MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (927 to 665); teachers down 12% (54.1 to 47.6).
About WINONA MIDDLE
WINONA MIDDLE, a mid-sized middle school, is located in WINONA, Minnesota. The school serves grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 665 students. By comparison, middle schools in Minnesota enroll about 495 students on average.
WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools with a combined 2,465 students. WINONA MIDDLE is one of them.
Of every 100 students at WINONA MIDDLE, about 71 are White. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Winona County, the White share is about 90%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
With 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1. Middle schools in Minnesota have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at WINONA MIDDLE, 45% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
WINONA MIDDLE earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Minnesota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, WINONA MIDDLE is 11.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Minnesota schools.
Winona County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,744 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. WINONA MIDDLE shares Winona County with 19 other public schools.
HVED ECSE is about 0.1 miles from WINONA MIDDLE, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WINONA MIDDLE is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 14%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.0 students per teacher, compared with 21.5 in 2020-21.
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Winona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,779
Census ACS
Median income
$70,744
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
4,580 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WINONA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 849 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 322 students
- WASHINGTON-KOSCIUSKO ELEMENTARYElementary · 231 students
- GOODVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 209 students
- WINONA AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 92 students
- WINONA EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED.Elementary · 76 students
Other schools in WINONA
- WINONA SENIOR HIGHHigh · 849 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 322 students
- WASHINGTON-KOSCIUSKO ELEMENTARYElementary · 231 students
- BLUFFVIEW MONTESSORIElementary · 209 students
- GOODVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 209 students
- WINONA AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 92 students
Other Winona Middle schools
One other US public school is named Winona Middle. WINONA MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Winona Middle SchoolWINONA, TX · 265 students
Nearby schools
- HVED ECSE0.1 mi · 47
- RIVER VALLEY ACADEMY ALC0.1 mi · 52
- Riverway Learning Community Charter0.3 mi · 61
- Riverway Secondary0.3 mi · 63
- WASHINGTON-KOSCIUSKO ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 231
- WINONA SENIOR HIGH3.1 mi · 849
Frequently asked questions
About WINONA MIDDLEHow large is WINONA MIDDLE?
WINONA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 665 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does WINONA MIDDLE serve?
WINONA MIDDLE serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does WINONA MIDDLE have?
WINONA MIDDLE employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is WINONA MIDDLE?
WINONA MIDDLE reports a student body of 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees WINONA MIDDLE?
WINONA MIDDLE is overseen by WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Winona County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.