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Schools in Folden Township

Folden Township’s public schools

Henning Public School District and Parkers Prairie Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Folden 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 96% 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
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.8K
▼ 14% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Parkers Prairie Public
Students per teacher
17.1
MN 14.8 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
912 students on the public path
In brief

Folden Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Folden Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Henning Elementary places highest (better than 69%); Parkers Prairie Secondary lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Folden Township, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Parkers Prairie Secondary and Henning 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 Folden Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

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

Two districts serve Folden Township

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

Henning Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 381 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 15.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,397MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Parkers Prairie Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 531 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 18.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,781MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Henning Public School District57%
State average 51.1% · 190 students tested
Math · PK–12, Henning Public School District47%
State average 44.8% · 196 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Parkers Prairie Public School District45%
State average 51.1% · 283 students tested
Math · PK–12, Parkers Prairie Public School District50%
State average 44.8% · 285 students tested

Folden Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Folden Township—Henning Public PK–12 · Parkers Prairie Public PK–12
Nidaros—Battle Lake Public
Elmo—Parkers Prairie Public PK–12 · Henning Public PK–12
Effington—Parkers Prairie Public
Vining—Henning Public
Henning—Henning Public

3 of the 5 neighbors share Henning Public with Folden Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Folden 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 Folden Townshipin other towns
Parkers Prairie Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Parkers Prairie
B+
251 students16:1Rate it →
Henning Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Henning
B+
210 students13:1Rate it →
Parkers Prairie Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Parkers Prairie
B−
280 students21:1Rate it →
Henning Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Henning
B
171 students19:1Rate it →

Questions about Folden Township’s schools

Are Folden Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Folden Township. Henning Public School District and Parkers Prairie Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Folden 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 Folden Township in?

Henning Public School District and Parkers Prairie Public School District.

Where do Folden Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Parkers Prairie Secondary and Henning Secondary.

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What Folden 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.