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Schools in Gillford Township

Gillford Township’s public schools

Lake City Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gillford 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 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.9K
▼ 19% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.4
MN 14.8 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,189 students on the public path
In brief

Gillford Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Gillford Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Bluff View Elementary places highest (better than 68%); Lincoln Secondary lowest (49%). 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 Gillford Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Bluff View Elementaryin Lake CityB+
7–12Lincoln Secondaryin Lake CityB−

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

The district

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

Lake City Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 1,189 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 15.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,869MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 51.1% · 647 students tested
Math47%
State average 44.8% · 622 students tested

Gillford Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Gillford Township—Lake City Public
Mount Pleasant—Lake City Public
West Albany—Lake City Public
Hyde Park—Plainview-Elgin-Millville PK–12 · Lake City Public PK–12
Chester—Zumbrota-Mazeppa PK–12 · Goodhue Public PK–12
Zumbro Falls—Lake City Public

4 of the 5 neighbors share Lake City Public with Gillford Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Gillford 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 Gillford Townshipin other towns
Bluff View Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Lake City
B+
592 students13:1Rate it →
Lincoln Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Lake City
B−
597 students19:1Rate it →

Questions about Gillford Township’s schools

Are Gillford Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Gillford Township. Lake City Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Gillford 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 Gillford Township in?

Lake City Public School District.

Where do Gillford Township kids go to high school?

Lincoln 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.