Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz
In terms of gender distribution, the student body in Cottonwood County comprised 52.5% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.5%.
Data also showed that white students made up 58.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Cottonwood County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 24.4%, 6.9% Asian students, 4.2% multiracial students, 2.1% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students, 2% Black students and 1.6% American Indian students.
Windom Area Elementary had the highest enrollment among Cottonwood County's seven schools in the 2023-24 school year, welcoming 447 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windom Area Elementary | 547 | 447 | -18.3% |
| Windom Middle | 267 | 352 | 31.8% |
| Windom Senior High | 339 | 341 | 0.6% |
| Mountain Lake Elementary | 257 | 269 | 4.7% |
| Mountain Lake Secondary | 244 | 240 | -1.6% |
| Westbrook-Walnut Grove Secondary | 183 | 189 | 3.3% |
| SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom | 31 | 53 | 71% |
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