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Schools in Cosmos

Cosmos’s public schools

A.C.G.C. Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cosmos. 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 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
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.9K
▼ 7% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
759 students on the public path
In brief

Cosmos’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cosmos’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. A.C.G.C. Elementary places highest (better than 56%); A.C.G.C. Secondary lowest (36%). 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 Cosmos, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4A.C.G.C. Elementaryin AtwaterB
7–12A.C.G.C. Secondaryin Grove CityC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the A.C.G.C. 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.

A.C.G.C. Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 893 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,853MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 51.1% · 457 students tested
Math40%
State average 44.8% · 455 students tested

Cosmos vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cosmos—A.C.G.C. Public

Every school in Cosmos

3 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 Cosmosin other towns
A.C.G.C. Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Atwater
B
369 students12:1Rate it →
A.C.G.C. Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Grove City
C+
390 students15:1Rate it →
Other public schools in Cosmosrun by other districts or the state
SWWC ELC - Cosmos
Grades K–12
D−
Special Education
39 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cosmos’s schools

Are Cosmos’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cosmos. A.C.G.C. Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cosmos. 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 Cosmos in?

A.C.G.C. Public School District.

Where do Cosmos kids go to high school?

A.C.G.C. 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.