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Schools in Hamden Township

Hamden Township’s public schools

Lake Park Audubon School District and Detroit Lakes Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hamden Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/5schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Detroit Lakes Public
Students per teacher
13.8
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,407 students on the public path
In brief

Hamden Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Hamden Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Rossman Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Detroit Lakes Middle lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Hamden Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Detroit Lakes Middle and Lake Park Audubon 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 Hamden Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+

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

Two districts serve Hamden Township

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

Lake Park Audubon School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 663 students · 13.3 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,655MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Detroit Lakes Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 2,728 students, down 3% since 2021–22 · 14.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,411MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Lake Park Audubon School District47%
State average 51.1% · 403 students tested
Math · PK–12, Lake Park Audubon School District40%
State average 44.8% · 416 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Detroit Lakes Public School District54%
State average 51.1% · 1349 students tested
Math · PK–12, Detroit Lakes Public School District45%
State average 44.8% · 1318 students tested

Hamden Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hamden Township—Lake Park Audubon PK–12 · Detroit Lakes Public PK–12
Audubon—Lake Park Audubon
Cuba—Lake Park Audubon
Riceville—Detroit Lakes Public PK–12 · Waubun-Ogema-White Earth PK–12
Lake Park—Lake Park Audubon
Richwood—Detroit Lakes Public

3 of the 5 neighbors share Lake Park Audubon with Hamden Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Hamden Township

5 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 Hamden Townshipin other towns
Rossman Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Detroit Lakes
A−
565 students13:1Rate it →
Roosevelt Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Detroit Lakes
B
562 students12:1Rate it →
Lake Park Audubon Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Audubon
B
275 students8:1Rate it →
Detroit Lakes Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Detroit Lakes
C
617 students16:1Rate it →
Lake Park Audubon High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Lake Park
C+
388 students26:1Rate it →

Questions about Hamden Township’s schools

Are Hamden Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hamden Township. Lake Park Audubon School District and Detroit Lakes Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hamden Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Hamden Township in?

Lake Park Audubon School District and Detroit Lakes Public School District.

Where do Hamden Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Detroit Lakes Middle and Lake Park Audubon High 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.