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There were 4,457 students enrolled in Winona County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.4% 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 76.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Winona County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 10.1%, 5.4% multiracial students, 4.3% Black students, 2.5% Asian students, 1.3% American Indian students, 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students and less than 0.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students.

Winona Senior High had the highest enrollment among Winona County's 17 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 849 students.

With more than 870,000 students enrolled, Minnesota's public school system is the 10th-largest in the United States. As of 2025 the student-to-teacher ratio in the state’s public schools is 15 to 1, on par with the national average. 

School name	Total enrollment in 2023-24	Total enrollment in 2024-25	% change
Winona Senior High	859	849	-1.2%
Winona Middle	637	665	4.4%
St. Charles Secondary	486	479	-1.4%
St. Charles Elementary	482	457	-5.2%
Lewiston-Altura Secondary	366	337	-7.9%
Jefferson Elementary	324	322	-0.6%
Lewiston-Altura Elementary	225	254	12.9%
Washington-Kosciusko Elementary	269	231	-14.1%
Bluffview Montessori	214	209	-2.3%
Goodview Elementary	190	209	10%
Ridgeway Community School	91	97	6.6%
Winona Area Learning Center	83	92	10.8%
Riverway Secondary	68	63	-7.4%
Riverway Learning Community Charter	59	61	3.4%
Rollingstone Community School	57	59	3.5%
River Valley Academy ALC	48	52	8.3%
WALC Extended Day	16	21	31.3%