Buse Township’s public schools
Fergus Falls Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buse Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 87% 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
Buse Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Buse Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Kennedy Middle School places highest (better than 82%); Kennedy High School lowest (75%). 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 Buse Township, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Buse Township
Lincoln School
Grades PK–K · 236 students · in Fergus Falls
Kindergarten in Buse Township
Lincoln School
Grades PK–K · 236 students · in Fergus Falls
1st grade in Buse Township · depends on your address
Adams Elementary
Grades 1–3 · 254 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
McKinley Elementary
Grades 1–3 · 249 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
2nd grade in Buse Township · depends on your address
Adams Elementary
Grades 1–3 · 254 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
McKinley Elementary
Grades 1–3 · 249 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
3rd grade in Buse Township · depends on your address
Adams Elementary
Grades 1–3 · 254 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
McKinley Elementary
Grades 1–3 · 249 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
4th grade in Buse Township
Cleveland Elementary
Grades 4–5 · 361 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
5th grade in Buse Township · depends on your address
Kennedy Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 558 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
Cleveland Elementary
Grades 4–5 · 361 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
6th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 558 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
7th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 558 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
8th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 558 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
9th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy High School
Grades 9–12 · 714 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
10th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy High School
Grades 9–12 · 714 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
11th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy High School
Grades 9–12 · 714 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
12th grade in Buse Township
Kennedy High School
Grades 9–12 · 714 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Fergus Falls
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fergus Falls 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.
Well above the state in reading
Buse Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share Buse Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Buse Township | — | Fergus Falls Public |
| Fergus Falls | B+ | Fergus Falls Public |
| Orwell | — | Fergus Falls Public |
| Dane Prairie | — | Underwood Public PK–12 · Fergus Falls Public PK–12 |
| Aastad | — | Fergus Falls Public |
All 4 neighbors share Fergus Falls Public with Buse Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Buse Township
5 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).
Questions about Buse Township’s schools
Are Buse Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Buse Township. Fergus Falls Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Buse Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Buse Township in?
Fergus Falls Public School District.
Where do Buse Township kids go to high school?
Kennedy High School.
Parents talk
What Buse Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Buse Township → They have their own page.
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.