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Schools in Aurora Township

Aurora Township’s public schools

Owatonna Public School District and Blooming Prairie Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Aurora Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/7schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 92% 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▼ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Owatonna Public
Students per teacher
14.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
3,678 students on the public path
In brief

Aurora Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Aurora Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Blooming Prairie Elementary places highest (better than 84%); Owatonna Middle School lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Aurora Township, graded from C to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Owatonna Middle School and Blooming Prairie High School. 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 Aurora Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+

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

Two districts serve Aurora Township

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

Owatonna Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 13 schools · 4,890 students, down 1% since 2021–22 · 14.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,325MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Blooming Prairie Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 864 students · 13.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,647MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Owatonna Public School District47%
State average 51.1% · 2334 students tested
Math · PK–12, Owatonna Public School District42%
State average 44.8% · 2212 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Blooming Prairie Public School District55%
State average 51.1% · 449 students tested
Math · PK–12, Blooming Prairie Public School District55%
State average 44.8% · 429 students tested

Aurora Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Aurora Township—Owatonna Public PK–12 · Blooming Prairie Public PK–12
Ripley—Triton
Somerset—Owatonna Public
Havana—Owatonna Public
Blooming Prairie—Blooming Prairie Public

2 of the 4 neighbors share Owatonna Public with Aurora Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Aurora Township

7 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 Aurora Townshipin other towns
Blooming Prairie Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Blooming Prairie
A−
341 students12:1Rate it →
McKinley Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Owatonna
B−
510 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Owatonna
A−
505 students14:1Rate it →
Washington Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Owatonna
B+
468 students13:1Rate it →
Wilson Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Owatonna
C
454 students13:1Rate it →
Owatonna Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Owatonna
C
1,015 students15:1Rate it →
Blooming Prairie High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Blooming Prairie
C+
385 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Aurora Township’s schools

Are Aurora Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Aurora Township. Owatonna Public School District and Blooming Prairie Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Aurora Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Aurora Township in?

Owatonna Public School District and Blooming Prairie Public School District.

Where do Aurora Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Owatonna Middle School and Blooming Prairie High School.

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What Aurora Township families are saying about school.

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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.