Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Cotton Township’s public schools
St. Louis County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cotton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
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
Cotton Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Cotton Township’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. North Woods Elementary places highest (better than 84%); South Ridge Secondary lowest (15%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Five elementary schools serve Cotton Township, graded from C+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary. 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 Cotton Township, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the St. Louis County 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 below the state in reading
Cotton Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share Cotton Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton Township | — | St. Louis County |
| Kelsey | — | St. Louis County |
| Ellsburg | — | St. Louis County |
| Northland | — | St. Louis County |
All 3 neighbors share St. Louis County with Cotton Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.
Every school in Cotton Township
9 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 Cotton Township’s schools
Are Cotton Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Cotton Township. St. Louis County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cotton Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Cotton Township in?
St. Louis County School District.
Where do Cotton Township kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Cherry Secondary, South Ridge Secondary, North Woods Secondary and Northeast Range Secondary.
Parents talk
What Cotton Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Cotton 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.