Red Wing High School is a liberal arts, public high school located in the Mississippi River Valley, fifty miles southeast of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. The school is part of the Red Wing Independent School District (ISD 256) and serves as the high school for Red Wing, Minnesota and its surrounding communities.
As of the 2010-11 academic year, the school had an enrollment of approximately 1,250 students and 55 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of roughly 20:1. Approximately 90% of the district graduates continue their education beyond high school.
Red Wing High School is well known for its boys and girls Hockey teams, as well as its accomplished Band and Chorus programs, active Student Council - including Council regional and state-elected representatives - and the school's award winning, nationally recognized FFA Chapter.
Red Wing won Fox 9's School Spirit Challenge in April 2011 for the "Less than 1,000 students - Small School" Division and was recognized during a live broadcast for having strong school spirit and involved students.
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