Winona Elem

Winona Elem operates as an one-room-style elementary-level community in Winona, Kansas, part of Triplains. Current enrollment sits at 58 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Winona Elem sits 81% leaner than that benchmark.

Winona Elem is one of 2 schools operated by Triplains, a district that hosts 73 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Winona Elem lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the resource side, On paper, Winona Elem has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Winona Elem tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 48% of students at Winona Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Winona Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.1%, the actual is 32.9%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Logan County put the typical household earns roughly $75,662 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Logan County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 529 students), Winona Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Winona High, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, Winona Elem comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Winona Elem has rose 38%, going from 42 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.