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Schools in Hawk Creek Township

Hawk Creek Township’s public schools

Renville County West School District and Yellow Medicine East have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hawk Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.7K
▲ 4% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Yellow Medicine East
Students per teacher
12.6
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,153 students on the public path
In brief

Hawk Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Hawk Creek Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Bert Raney Elementary School places highest (better than 56%); Renville County West Senior High lowest (23%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Hawk Creek Township, graded from C to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Yellow Medicine East Secondary and Renville County West Senior High. 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 Hawk Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Renville County West School District.

Two districts serve Hawk Creek Township

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

Renville County West School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 548 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,373MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Yellow Medicine EastGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 605 students, up 21% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,693MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Renville County West School District42%
State average 51.1% · 273 students tested
Math · PK–12, Renville County West School District31%
State average 44.8% · 260 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Yellow Medicine East41%
State average 51.1% · 310 students tested
Math · PK–12, Yellow Medicine East27%
State average 44.8% · 326 students tested

Hawk Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hawk Creek Township—Renville County West PK–12 · Yellow Medicine East PK–12
Sioux Agency—Yellow Medicine East
Sacred Heart—Renville County West
Wang—Renville County West PK–12 · MACCRAY PK–12
Granite Falls—Yellow Medicine East
Minnesota Falls—Yellow Medicine East

3 of the 5 neighbors share Yellow Medicine East with Hawk Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Hawk Creek 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 Hawk Creek Townshipin other towns
Renville County West Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Renville
C
329 students12:1Rate it →
Bert Raney Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Granite Falls
B
284 students11:1Rate it →
Yellow Medicine East Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Granite Falls
C
321 students12:1Rate it →
Renville County West Senior High
High · Grades 7–12 · Renville
C−
219 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Hawk Creek Township’s schools

Are Hawk Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hawk Creek Township. Renville County West School District and Yellow Medicine East have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hawk Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Hawk Creek Township in?

Renville County West School District and Yellow Medicine East.

Where do Hawk Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Yellow Medicine East Secondary and Renville County West 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.