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There were 4,474 students enrolled in Winona County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 0.5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Minnesota Department of Education.

In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Winona County comprised 52.1% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.9%.

Data also showed that white students made up 77.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Winona County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 9.3%, 5.6% multiracial students, 4.3% Black students, 2.4% Asian students, 1% American Indian students and less than 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.

Winona Senior High had the highest enrollment among Winona County's 17 schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 859 students.

Minnesota's educational system, the 10th largest in the United States, serves over 869,000 students across 2,709 institutions. As of 2024, the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 1:16, slightly worse than the national average of 1:15.

Meanwhile, data from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveals that Minnesota fourth and eighth graders performed mostly above the national average in math, their scores suggest a slight decline from previous years, particularly in reading.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Winona Senior High	881	859	-2.5%
Winona Middle	641	637	-0.6%
St. Charles Secondary	486	486	0%
St. Charles Elementary	508	482	-5.1%
Lewiston-Altura Secondary	346	366	5.8%
Jefferson Elementary	309	324	4.9%
Washington-Kosciusko Elementary	286	269	-5.9%
Lewiston-Altura Elementary	200	225	12.5%
Bluffview Montessori	212	214	0.9%
Goodview Elementary	196	190	-3.1%
Ridgeway Community School	91	91	0%
Winona Area Learning Center	73	83	13.7%
Riverway Secondary	66	68	3%
Riverway Learning Community Charter	65	59	-9.2%
Rollingstone Community School	36	57	58.3%
River Valley Academy ALC	23	48	108.7%
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