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Schools in Birch Cooley Township

Birch Cooley Township’s public schools

Redwood Area School District and Cedar Mountain School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birch Cooley Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools 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
49%
2021–22
Math proficiency
46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 8% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Redwood Area
Students per teacher
13.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,141 students on the public path
In brief

Birch Cooley Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Birch Cooley Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Cedar Mountain Elementary places highest (better than 75%); Cedar Mountain Middle/High School lowest (23%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Birch Cooley Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Redwood Valley Middle and Cedar Mountain Middle/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 Birch Cooley Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Redwood Area School District.

Two districts serve Birch Cooley Township

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

Redwood Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,113 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,649MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Cedar Mountain School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 390 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$18,765MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Redwood Area School District49%
State average 51.1% · 578 students tested
Math · PK–12, Redwood Area School District46%
State average 44.8% · 562 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Cedar Mountain School District44%
State average 51.1% · 205 students tested
Math · PK–12, Cedar Mountain School District33%
State average 44.8% · 211 students tested

Birch Cooley Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Birch Cooley Township—Redwood Area PK–12 · Cedar Mountain PK–12
Sherman—Cedar Mountain PK–12 · Redwood Area PK–12
Morton—Redwood Area
Camp—G.F.W. PK–12 · Cedar Mountain PK–12
Beaver Falls—Redwood Area
Bandon—Cedar Mountain PK–12 · G.F.W. PK–12
Norfolk—Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public

3 of the 6 neighbors share Cedar Mountain with Birch Cooley Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Birch Cooley Township

4 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 Birch Cooley Townshipin other towns
Reede Gray Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Redwood Falls
B
442 students12:1Rate it →
Cedar Mountain Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Franklin
A−
171 students10:1Rate it →
Redwood Valley Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Redwood Falls
C+
309 students13:1Rate it →
Cedar Mountain Middle/High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Morgan
C−
219 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Birch Cooley Township’s schools

Are Birch Cooley Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Birch Cooley Township. Redwood Area School District and Cedar Mountain School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birch Cooley Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Birch Cooley Township in?

Redwood Area School District and Cedar Mountain School District.

Where do Birch Cooley Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Redwood Valley Middle and Cedar Mountain Middle/High 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.