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Schools in Blind Lake Township

Blind Lake Township’s public schools

Pine River-Backus Public School District and Northland Community Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blind Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.3K
▼ 17% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Pine River-Backus Public
Students per teacher
12.4
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,183 students on the public path
In brief

Blind Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Blind Lake Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Pine River-Backus Elementary places highest (better than 40%); Northland Elementary lowest (10%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Blind Lake Township, graded from D to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Pine River-Backus High School and Northland 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 Blind Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pine River-Backus Public School District.

Two districts serve Blind Lake Township

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

Pine River-Backus Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 906 students · 13.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,258MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Northland Community SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 344 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 9.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$23,677MN $17,091 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Pine River-Backus Public School District45%
State average 51.1% · 420 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pine River-Backus Public School District31%
State average 44.8% · 418 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Northland Community Schools27%
State average 51.1% · 171 students tested
Math · PK–12, Northland Community Schools17%
State average 44.8% · 162 students tested

Blind Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Blind Lake Township—Pine River-Backus Public PK–12 · Northland PK–12
Ponto Lake—Pine River-Backus Public
Wabedo—Northland
Timothy—Pine River-Backus Public
Trelipe—Northland

2 of the 4 neighbors share Pine River-Backus Public with Blind Lake Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Blind Lake 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 Blind Lake Townshipin other towns
Pine River-Backus Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pine River
C+
478 students13:1Rate it →
Northland Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Remer
D
185 students8:1Rate it →
Northland Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Remer
D
149 students13:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pine River
C
371 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Blind Lake Township’s schools

Are Blind Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Blind Lake Township. Pine River-Backus Public School District and Northland Community Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Blind Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Blind Lake Township in?

Pine River-Backus Public School District and Northland Community Schools.

Where do Blind Lake Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pine River-Backus High School and Northland 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.