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Schools in Aldrich Township

Aldrich Township’s public schools

Verndale Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Aldrich Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 89% of students in Minnesota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
39%
2021–22
Math proficiency
26%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▼ 14% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
484 students on the public path
In brief

Aldrich Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Aldrich Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Verndale Elementary places highest (better than 36%); Verndale Secondary lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Aldrich Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Verndale Elementaryin VerndaleC+
7–12Verndale Secondaryin VerndaleC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Verndale Public School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Verndale Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 484 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 11.9 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,670MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading39%
State average 51.1% · 243 students tested
Math26%
State average 44.8% · 219 students tested

Aldrich Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share Aldrich Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Aldrich Township—Verndale Public
Aldrich (city)—Staples-Motley
Bartlett—Staples-Motley PK–12 · Verndale Public PK–12
Thomastown—Staples-Motley
Wing River—Verndale Public PK–12 · Wadena-Deer Creek PK–12
Wadena—Wadena-Deer Creek PK–12 · Verndale Public PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Verndale Public with Aldrich Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Aldrich Township

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Minnesota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Aldrich Townshipin other towns
Verndale Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Verndale
C+
253 students12:1Rate it →
Verndale Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Verndale
C
231 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Aldrich Township’s schools

Are Aldrich Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Aldrich Township. Verndale Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Aldrich Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Aldrich Township in?

Verndale Public School District.

Where do Aldrich Township kids go to high school?

Verndale Secondary.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.