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Schools in Hayward Township

Hayward Township’s public schools

Albert Lea Public School District and Glenville-Emmons School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hayward Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/7schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 82% 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
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
76%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.7K
▲ 4% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Albert Lea Public
Students per teacher
14.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,157 students on the public path
In brief

Hayward Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Hayward Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Lakeview Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Glenville-Emmons Secondary lowest (15%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Hayward Township, graded from C to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Southwest Middle and Glenville-Emmons Secondary. 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 Hayward Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC−

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

Two districts serve Hayward Township

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

Albert Lea Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 3,335 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,748MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Glenville-Emmons School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 236 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$20,531MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Albert Lea Public School District40%
State average 51.1% · 1484 students tested
Math · PK–12, Albert Lea Public School District37%
State average 44.8% · 1444 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Glenville-Emmons School District37%
State average 51.1% · 110 students tested
Math · PK–12, Glenville-Emmons School District37%
State average 44.8% · 109 students tested

Hayward Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hayward Township—Albert Lea Public PK–12 · Glenville-Emmons PK–12
Albert Lea—Albert Lea Public
Shell Rock—Glenville-Emmons
Riceland—Albert Lea Public
Oakland—Austin Public PK–12 · Glenville-Emmons PK–12
Glenville—Glenville-Emmons
Freeman—Glenville-Emmons PK–12 · Albert Lea Public PK–12

4 of the 6 neighbors share Glenville-Emmons with Hayward Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Hayward Township

7 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 Hayward Townshipin other towns
Hawthorne Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
C
400 students14:1Rate it →
Lakeview Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
A−
400 students14:1Rate it →
Halverson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
C+
360 students15:1Rate it →
Sibley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
C
275 students12:1Rate it →
Glenville Emmons Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Glenville
C
132 students11:1Rate it →
Southwest Middle
Middle · Grades 6–7 · Albert Lea
C−
486 students14:1Rate it →
Glenville-Emmons Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Glenville
C−
104 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Hayward Township’s schools

Are Hayward Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hayward Township. Albert Lea Public School District and Glenville-Emmons School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hayward Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Hayward Township in?

Albert Lea Public School District and Glenville-Emmons School District.

Where do Hayward Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Southwest Middle and Glenville-Emmons Secondary.

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What Hayward Township families are saying about 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.