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Schools in Elmwood Township

Elmwood Township’s public schools

Moorhead Public School District and Barnesville Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elmwood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/7schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
80%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.0K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Moorhead Public
Students per teacher
15.1
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
5,858 students on the public path
In brief

Elmwood Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Elmwood Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Barnesville Elementary School places highest (better than 87%); Dorothy Dodds Elementary School lowest (40%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Six elementary schools serve Elmwood Township, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Horizon Middle School and Barnesville 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 Elmwood Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–46 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A
5–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A

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

Two districts serve Elmwood Township

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

Moorhead Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 7,571 students, up 4% since 2021–22 · 15.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,971MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Barnesville Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 870 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 15.3 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,637MN $17,091 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Moorhead Public School District45%
State average 51.1% · 3539 students tested
Math · PK–12, Moorhead Public School District42%
State average 44.8% · 3444 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Barnesville Public School District64%
State average 51.1% · 485 students tested
Math · PK–12, Barnesville Public School District65%
State average 44.8% · 476 students tested

Elmwood Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Elmwood Township—Moorhead Public PK–12 · Barnesville Public PK–12
Elkton—Barnesville Public PK–12 · Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton PK–12
Kurtz—Moorhead Public
Glyndon—Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton
Alliance—Barnesville Public PK–12 · Moorhead Public PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Barnesville Public with Elmwood Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Elmwood 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).

Also serving Elmwood Townshipin other towns
Barnesville Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Barnesville
A
490 students15:1Rate it →
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
B
719 students14:1Rate it →
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
C+
625 students13:1Rate it →
Ellen Hopkins Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
B−
616 students14:1Rate it →
Robert Asp Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
B−
580 students13:1Rate it →
Probstfield Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
290 studentsRate it →
Horizon Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Moorhead
C+
2,158 students17:1Rate it →
Barnesville High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Barnesville
A
380 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Elmwood Township’s schools

Are Elmwood Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Elmwood Township. Moorhead Public School District and Barnesville Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Elmwood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Elmwood Township in?

Moorhead Public School District and Barnesville Public School District.

Where do Elmwood Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Horizon Middle School and Barnesville High School.

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What Elmwood Township families are saying about 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.