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Schools in Bluffton

Bluffton’s public schools

Wadena-Deer Creek School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bluffton. 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
46%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 11% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.0
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
920 students on the public path
In brief

Bluffton’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Bluffton’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High places highest (better than 36%); Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary lowest (32%). 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 Bluffton, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Wadena-Deer Creek Elementaryin WadenaC
7–12Wadena-Deer Creek Senior Highin WadenaC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wadena-Deer Creek 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.

Wadena-Deer Creek School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,079 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 15.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,152MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading46%
State average 51.1% · 530 students tested
Math33%
State average 44.8% · 527 students tested

Bluffton vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bluffton—Wadena-Deer Creek
Bluffton Township—Wadena-Deer Creek PK–12 · New York Mills Public PK–12

Every school in Bluffton

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 Blufftonin other towns
Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Wadena
C
450 students11:1Rate it →
Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Wadena
C+
470 students20:1Rate it →

Questions about Bluffton’s schools

Are Bluffton’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bluffton. Wadena-Deer Creek School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bluffton. 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 Bluffton in?

Wadena-Deer Creek School District.

Where do Bluffton kids go to high school?

Wadena-Deer Creek Senior High.

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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.