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Schools in Balsam Township

Balsam Township’s public schools

McGregor Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Balsam 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 97% 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
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.8K
▲ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
413 students on the public path
In brief

Balsam Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Balsam Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. McGregor Elementary places highest (better than 36%); McGregor 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 Balsam Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6McGregor Elementaryin McGregorC+
7–12McGregor Secondaryin McGregorC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the McGregor 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.

McGregor Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 414 students · 10.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$18,762MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 51.1% · 215 students tested
Math33%
State average 44.8% · 227 students tested

Balsam Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Balsam Township—McGregor Public
Haugen—McGregor Public
Turner—McGregor Public
Prairie Lake—Floodwood Public
Beseman—Cromwell-Wright

2 of the 4 neighbors share McGregor Public with Balsam Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Balsam 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 Balsam Townshipin other towns
McGregor Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · McGregor
C+
220 students9:1Rate it →
McGregor Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · McGregor
C
193 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Balsam Township’s schools

Are Balsam Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Balsam Township. McGregor Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Balsam 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 Balsam Township in?

McGregor Public School District.

Where do Balsam Township kids go to high school?

McGregor Secondary.

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What Balsam 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.