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Schools in Collins Township

Collins Township’s public schools

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools and Glencoe-Silver Lake School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Collins Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.5K
▼ 15% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Glencoe-Silver Lake
Students per teacher
15.1
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
945 students on the public path
In brief

Collins Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Collins Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element places highest (better than 84%); GSL Junior High School lowest (28%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Collins Township, graded from A− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and GSL Junior High School. 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 Collins Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools.

Two districts serve Collins Township

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

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 451 students · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,933MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Glencoe-Silver Lake School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,390 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 15.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,505MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools47%
State average 51.1% · 267 students tested
Math · PK–12, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools47%
State average 44.8% · 260 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Glencoe-Silver Lake School District49%
State average 51.1% · 725 students tested
Math · PK–12, Glencoe-Silver Lake School District40%
State average 44.8% · 733 students tested

Collins Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Collins Township—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12 · Glencoe-Silver Lake PK–12
Stewart—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Sumter—Glencoe-Silver Lake
Lynn—Hutchinson Public
Preston Lake—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Round Grove—G.F.W. PK–12 · Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12
Penn—G.F.W. PK–12 · Glencoe-Silver Lake PK–12

3 of the 6 neighbors share Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart with Collins Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Collins 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 Collins Townshipin other towns
Lincoln Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Glencoe
290 students12:1Rate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hector
A−
186 students11:1Rate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda
High · Grades 6–12 · Hector
C
245 students15:1Rate it →
GSL Junior High School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Glencoe
C
224 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Collins Township’s schools

Are Collins Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Collins Township. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools and Glencoe-Silver Lake School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Collins Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Collins Township in?

Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools and Glencoe-Silver Lake School District.

Where do Collins Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and GSL Junior High School.

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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.