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Schools in Baxter Township

Baxter Township’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools 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
56%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 11% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
566 students on the public path
In brief

Baxter Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Baxter Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Stevens Elementary places highest (better than 64%); Dawson-Boyd Secondary lowest (51%). 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 Baxter Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Stevens Elementaryin DawsonB
7–12Dawson-Boyd Secondaryin DawsonB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Dawson-Boyd 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.

Dawson-Boyd Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 566 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 12.7 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,216MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading56%
State average 51.1% · 285 students tested
Math42%
State average 44.8% · 289 students tested

Baxter Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Baxter Township—Dawson-Boyd Public
Ten Mile Lake—Dawson-Boyd Public
Camp Release—Montevideo Public
Lac qui Parle—Dawson-Boyd Public PK–12 · Lac Qui Parle Valley PK–12
Riverside—Dawson-Boyd Public

3 of the 4 neighbors share Dawson-Boyd Public with Baxter Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Baxter 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 Baxter Townshipin other towns
Stevens Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dawson
B
297 students12:1Rate it →
Dawson-Boyd Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Dawson
B−
269 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Baxter Township’s schools

Are Baxter Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Baxter Township. Dawson-Boyd Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Baxter Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Baxter Township in?

Dawson-Boyd Public School District.

Where do Baxter Township kids go to high school?

Dawson-Boyd 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.