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Schools in Dora Township

Dora Township’s public schools

Perham-Dent Public School District and Pelican Rapids Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dora Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% 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
57%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 21% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Perham-Dent Public
Students per teacher
14.3
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,946 students on the public path
In brief

Dora Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Dora Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Viking Elementary School places highest (better than 82%); Pelican Rapids Secondary lowest (36%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Dora Township, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Prairie Wind Middle and Pelican Rapids 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 Dora Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Perham-Dent Public School District.

Two districts serve Dora Township

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

Perham-Dent Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,671 students, up 12% since 2020–21 · 15.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,423MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Pelican Rapids Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 842 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,162MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Perham-Dent Public School District57%
State average 51.1% · 836 students tested
Math · PK–12, Perham-Dent Public School District47%
State average 44.8% · 823 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Pelican Rapids Public School District48%
State average 51.1% · 434 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pelican Rapids Public School District44%
State average 44.8% · 415 students tested

Dora Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dora Township—Perham-Dent Public PK–12 · Pelican Rapids Public PK–12
Candor—Frazee-Vergas Public PK–12 · Perham-Dent Public PK–12
Edna—Perham-Dent Public
Star Lake—Pelican Rapids Public PK–12 · Perham-Dent Public PK–12
Lida—Pelican Rapids Public

3 of the 4 neighbors share Perham-Dent Public with Dora Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Dora 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 Dora Townshipin other towns
Heart of the Lake Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Perham
B+
578 students14:1Rate it →
Viking Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pelican Rapids
A−
468 students11:1Rate it →
Prairie Wind Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Perham
B
526 students16:1Rate it →
Pelican Rapids Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Pelican Rapids
C+
374 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Dora Township’s schools

Are Dora Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dora Township. Perham-Dent Public School District and Pelican Rapids Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dora Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Dora Township in?

Perham-Dent Public School District and Pelican Rapids Public School District.

Where do Dora Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Prairie Wind Middle and Pelican Rapids 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.