The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Math. The lowest is 46% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Goodview Elementary
Goodview Elementary serves kindergarten through fourth grade in the Winona Area Public School District. The school sits in the small community of Goodview, just west of the city of Winona. Winona itself is a Mississippi River city in bluff country, home to two universities, a range of manufacturing and corporate headquarters including Fastenal, and a compact downtown on a sand bar between the river and Lake Winona. The local economy is anchored by education, healthcare, and manufacturing. The city’s population has shown a slight recent decline, and the district has faced declining enrollment and budget pressures.
The student body at Goodview is predominantly white, with small shares of students who are two or more races, Hispanic, Black, and Asian. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school serves only kindergarten through fourth grade, so it has no high school programming and no graduation rate to report.
State testing data from the most recent school year shows the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects falls above the midpoint among the districts in Winona County. In reading, roughly half of third graders and slightly fewer fourth graders met proficiency standards. In math, a majority of third graders and just over half of fourth graders were proficient. These results come from a single year of data, so no trend is available yet.
The school’s location near the west edge of the district means its attendance zone covers a mix of residential areas. Homes in the area have a modest value relative to national benchmarks, and rents have risen recently, though the typical monthly mortgage estimate is somewhat higher than the typical rent. The area remains more affordable than the state as a whole.
A parent should know that the Winona School Board voted to close Goodview Elementary after the data period covered here, citing declining enrollment and budget pressures. Students were reassigned to other elementary schools in the district. This means the school described here is no longer operating as it did. A family considering this area today should look into which elementary school their address now feeds and what the district’s current elementary configuration looks like. Also in recent years, voters renewed two operating levies, providing continued funding for district programming.
For a school that served only the early elementary grades, Goodview offered a small setting. The testing results present a mixed picture, with math performance stronger than reading in third grade, and a parent may want to ask the receiving school how literacy supports are structured. The school’s size and grade span meant students moved on to a different building after fourth grade, and with the closure, the elementary pathway for this neighborhood has changed entirely. Any family moving to the area should confirm current elementary assignments with the district.
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