Schools · Welch

Welch, MN schools

Welch’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Sunnyside Elementary through grade 1, then Burnside Elementary, Twin Bluff School and Red Wing Senior High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade

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Welch’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Welch’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresBGraduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (890)Better than 24%

Towns in Goodhue County (21)Better than 19%

High confidence. Built on 1,100 tested students and a graduating class of 165; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Welch kids go to school

Grades K–1

C+Sunnyside Elementary 294 students · Red Wing Red Wing Public School District

Grades 2–4

BBurnside Elementary 493 students · Red Wing Red Wing Public School District

Grades 5–7

C+Twin Bluff School 502 students · Red Wing Red Wing Public School District

Grades 8–12

C+Red Wing Senior High 762 students · Red Wing Red Wing Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Red Wing Public)44%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades K–12, Red Wing Public)36%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

165

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Welch

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Red Wing Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 2,225 students

$16,612 per studentMN $17,091B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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