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Schools in Backus

Backus’s public schools

Pine River-Backus Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Backus. 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 100% 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.3K
▼ 17% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.8
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
849 students on the public path
In brief

Backus’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Backus’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Pine River-Backus Elementary places highest (better than 40%); Pine River-Backus High School 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 Backus, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Pine River-Backus Elementaryin Pine RiverC+
7–12Pine River-Backus High Schoolin Pine RiverC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pine River-Backus 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.

Pine River-Backus Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 906 students · 13.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,258MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 51.1% · 420 students tested
Math31%
State average 44.8% · 418 students tested

Backus vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Backus—Pine River-Backus Public

Every school in Backus

3 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 Backusin other towns
Pine River-Backus Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pine River
C+
478 students13:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pine River
C
371 students14:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Foothills Christian Academy
Grades PK–12
Private · Religious
30 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Backus’s schools

Are Backus’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Backus. Pine River-Backus Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Backus. 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 Backus in?

Pine River-Backus Public School District.

Where do Backus kids go to high school?

Pine River-Backus High School.

Are there private schools in Backus?

Yes: Foothills Christian Academy (grades PK–12, 30 students).

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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.