WINONA SENIOR HIGH

WINONA SENIOR HIGH, a substantial senior high in WINONA, Minnesota, run under WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 849 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 129% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

WINONA AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,465 students. WINONA SENIOR HIGH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WINONA SENIOR HIGH reports that White students make up the majority at 78%. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, WINONA SENIOR HIGH logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting WINONA SENIOR HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WINONA SENIOR HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.0%; actual is 32.1%, a gap of -14.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Winona County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,744 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Winona County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,580 students), of which WINONA SENIOR HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: WINONA EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED., around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WINONA SENIOR HIGH at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

WINONA SENIOR HIGH operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 923 students in 2018 compared to 849 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 85% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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