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Schools in Birchdale Township

Birchdale Township’s public schools

Sauk Centre Public School District and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birchdale Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools 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
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.8K
▼ 13% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Sauk Centre Public
Students per teacher
12.3
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,949 students on the public path
In brief

Birchdale Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Birchdale Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Sauk Centre Secondary places highest (better than 72%); Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary lowest (12%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Birchdale Township, graded from C− to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Sauk Centre Secondary and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary. 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 Birchdale Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressD to B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sauk Centre Public School District.

Two districts serve Birchdale Township

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

Sauk Centre Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,104 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,821MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 984 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,805MN $17,091 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Sauk Centre Public School District41%
State average 51.1% · 588 students tested
Math · PK–12, Sauk Centre Public School District39%
State average 44.8% · 544 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District29%
State average 51.1% · 502 students tested
Math · PK–12, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District19%
State average 44.8% · 502 students tested

Birchdale Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Birchdale Township—Sauk Centre Public PK–12 · Long Prairie-Grey Eagle PK–12
Kandota—Sauk Centre Public
Melrose—Melrose Public
Grey Eagle—Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
Round Prairie—Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
Sauk CentreB−Sauk Centre Public

2 of the 5 neighbors share Sauk Centre Public with Birchdale Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Birchdale 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 Birchdale Townshipin other towns
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Long Prairie
C−
518 students11:1Rate it →
Sauk Centre Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Sauk Centre
C+
368 students10:1Rate it →
Sauk Centre Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Sauk Centre
B+
597 students16:1Rate it →
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Long Prairie
D
466 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Birchdale Township’s schools

Are Birchdale Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Birchdale Township. Sauk Centre Public School District and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Birchdale Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Birchdale Township in?

Sauk Centre Public School District and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District.

Where do Birchdale Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Sauk Centre Secondary and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 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.