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 52.2% boys, with girls representing the remaining 47.8%.
Data also showed that white students made up 57.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Cottonwood County schools, followed by Hispanic students with 25.8%, 6.5% Asian students, 4.4% multiracial students, 2.3% Hawaiian Pacific Islander students, 1.8% American Indian students, 1.4% Black students and 0.1% Other Indigenous Peoples students.
Windom Area Elementary had the highest enrollment among Cottonwood County's seven schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 493 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windom Area Elementary | 447 | 493 | 10.3% |
| Windom Middle | 352 | 359 | 2% |
| Windom Senior High | 341 | 327 | -4.1% |
| Mountain Lake Elementary | 269 | 257 | -4.5% |
| Mountain Lake Secondary | 240 | 241 | 0.4% |
| Westbrook-Walnut Grove Secondary | 189 | 198 | 4.8% |
| SWWC Alternative Learning Center - Windom | 53 | 41 | -22.6% |
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