Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Garden City Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
First Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist Church · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schools in Garden City Township

Garden City Township’s public schools

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden City Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
60%
2021–22
Math proficiency
59%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▼ 18% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
929 students on the public path
In brief

Garden City Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Garden City Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El places highest (better than 99%); Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec lowest (40%). 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 Garden City Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial Elin Lake CrystalA+
6–12Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Secin Lake CrystalC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial.

The district

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

Lake Crystal-Wellcome MemorialGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 957 students · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,012MN $17,091 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading60%
State average 51.1% · 491 students tested
Math59%
State average 44.8% · 482 students tested

Garden City Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garden City Township—Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
Lake CrystalALake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
Vernon Center—Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
RapidanALake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
Judson—Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial
Lincoln—Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial PK–12 · Madelia Public PK–12

All 5 neighbors share Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial with Garden City Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Garden City Township

2 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 Garden City Townshipin other towns
Lk Crystal Wellcome Memorial El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lake Crystal
A+
423 students11:1Rate it →
Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec
High · Grades 6–12 · Lake Crystal
C+
506 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Garden City Township’s schools

Are Garden City Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garden City Township. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden City Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Garden City Township in?

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial.

Where do Garden City Township kids go to high school?

Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial Sec.

Parents talk

What Garden City Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Garden City 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.