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Schools in Barber Township

Barber Township’s public schools

Blue Earth Area Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barber Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
43%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.6K
▼ 20% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.2
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
1,056 students on the public path
In brief

Barber Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Barber Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Blue Earth Area Secondary places highest (better than 36%); Blue Earth Area Middle lowest (29%). 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 Barber Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Blue Earth Area Elementaryin Blue EarthC
6–7Blue Earth Area Middlein Blue EarthC
8–12Blue Earth Area Secondaryin Blue EarthC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Blue Earth Area Public Schools.

The district

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

Blue Earth Area Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,064 students · 15.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,623MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading43%
State average 51.1% · 545 students tested
Math34%
State average 44.8% · 530 students tested

Barber Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Barber Township—Blue Earth Area
Walnut Lake—United South Central
Emerald—Blue Earth Area
Prescott—Blue Earth Area
Lura—Blue Earth Area PK–12 · Maple River PK–12
Blue Earth City—Blue Earth Area

4 of the 5 neighbors share Blue Earth Area with Barber Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Barber Township

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 Barber Townshipin other towns
Blue Earth Area Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Blue Earth
C
515 students15:1Rate it →
Blue Earth Area Middle
Middle · Grades 6–7 · Blue Earth
C
163 students11:1Rate it →
Blue Earth Area Secondary
High · Grades 8–12 · Blue Earth
C+
378 students18:1Rate it →

Questions about Barber Township’s schools

Are Barber Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Barber Township. Blue Earth Area Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barber Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Barber Township in?

Blue Earth Area Public Schools.

Where do Barber Township kids go to high school?

Blue Earth Area 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.