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Schools in Byron Township

Byron Township’s public schools

NRHEG School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Byron Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 88% 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
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 21% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
762 students on the public path
In brief

Byron Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Byron Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Nrheg Elementary places highest (better than 51%); Nrheg Secondary lowest (28%). 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 Byron Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Nrheg Elementaryin EllendaleB−
6–12Nrheg Secondaryin New RichlandC

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

NRHEG School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 762 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,429MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 51.1% · 397 students tested
Math39%
State average 44.8% · 380 students tested

Byron Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Byron Township—NRHEG
New Richland—NRHEG
Wilton—Waseca Public PK–12 · NRHEG PK–12 · Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton PK–12
Vivian—Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton
Freeborn—United South Central

2 of the 4 neighbors share NRHEG with Byron Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Byron 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 Byron Townshipin other towns
Nrheg Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ellendale
B−
354 students11:1Rate it →
Nrheg Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · New Richland
C
408 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Byron Township’s schools

Are Byron Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Byron Township. NRHEG School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Byron Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Byron Township in?

NRHEG School District.

Where do Byron Township kids go to high school?

Nrheg 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.