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Schools in Birch Creek Township

Birch Creek Township’s public schools

Willow River Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birch Creek 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 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
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
29%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 9% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
436 students on the public path
In brief

Birch Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Birch Creek Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Willow River Elementary places highest (better than 41%); Willow River Secondary lowest (15%). 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 Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Willow River Elementaryin Willow RiverC+
7–12Willow River Secondaryin Willow RiverC−

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

Willow River Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,595MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 51.1% · 213 students tested
Math29%
State average 44.8% · 230 students tested

Birch Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Birch Creek Township—Willow River Public
Sturgeon Lake—Willow River Public
Denham—Willow River Public
Millward—McGregor Public PK–12 · Willow River Public PK–12
Bremen—Willow River Public
Split Rock—Moose Lake Public

4 of the 5 neighbors share Willow River Public with Birch Creek Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Birch Creek 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 Birch Creek Townshipin other towns
Willow River Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Willow River
C+
231 students12:1Rate it →
Willow River Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Willow River
C−
205 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Birch Creek Township’s schools

Are Birch Creek Township’s schools good?

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

Willow River Public School District.

Where do Birch Creek Township kids go to high school?

Willow River Secondary.

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What Birch Creek 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.