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Schools in Great Bend Township

Great Bend Township’s public schools

Windom Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Great Bend Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
46%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▼ 8% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,179 students on the public path
In brief

Great Bend Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Great Bend Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Windom Area Elementary places highest (better than 55%); Windom Middle 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 Great Bend Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Windom Area Elementaryin WindomB
5–8Windom Middlein WindomC+
9–12Windom Senior Highin WindomC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Windom 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.

Windom Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,187 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,728MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading46%
State average 51.1% · 569 students tested
Math43%
State average 44.8% · 563 students tested

Great Bend Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Great Bend Township—Windom Public
WindomBWindom Public
Delafield—Windom Public PK–12 · Jackson County Central PK–12
Lakeside—Windom Public PK–12 · Mountain Lake PK–12
Dale—Windom Public PK–12 · Red Rock Central PK–12
Springfield—Windom Public

All 5 neighbors share Windom Public with Great Bend Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Great Bend Township

3 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 Great Bend Townshipin other towns
Windom Area Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Windom
B
493 students13:1Rate it →
Windom Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Windom
C+
359 students14:1Rate it →
Windom Senior High
High · Grades 9–12 · Windom
C+
327 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Great Bend Township’s schools

Are Great Bend Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Great Bend Township. Windom Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Great Bend Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Great Bend Township in?

Windom Public School District.

Where do Great Bend Township kids go to high school?

Windom Senior High.

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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.