Croke Township’s public schools
Wheaton Area Public School District and Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Croke Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
Croke Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Croke Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Pearson Elementary places highest (better than 84%); Wheaton Secondary lowest (36%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Four elementary schools serve Croke Township, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four high schools: Wheaton Secondary, 6-12th Grade Building, Big Stone Colony High School and Lismore Colony Senior 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 Croke Township, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Croke Township · depends on your address
Pearson Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 177 students · in Wheaton
Pre-K - 5th Grade Building
Grades PK–5 · 152 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Clinton
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wheaton Area Public School District.
Two districts serve Croke Township
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
Croke Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share Croke Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Croke Township | — | Wheaton Area Public PK–12 · Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley PK–12 |
| Lake Valley | — | Wheaton Area Public |
| Tara | — | Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley |
| Walls | — | Wheaton Area Public |
| Dollymount | — | Wheaton Area Public PK–12 · Herman-Norcross PK–12 |
3 of the 4 neighbors share Wheaton Area Public with Croke Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Croke Township
8 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 Croke Township’s schools
Are Croke Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Croke Township. Wheaton Area Public School District and Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Croke Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Croke Township in?
Wheaton Area Public School District and Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley.
Where do Croke Township kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Wheaton Secondary, 6-12th Grade Building, Big Stone Colony High School and Lismore Colony Senior High School.
Parents talk
What Croke Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Croke 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.