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Schools in Home Brook Township

Home Brook Township’s public schools

Pillager Public School District and Pine River-Backus Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Home Brook 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
53%
2021–22
Math proficiency
46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.3K
▼ 22% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Pillager Public
Students per teacher
14.6
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
1,803 students on the public path
In brief

Home Brook Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Home Brook Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Pillager Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Pine River-Backus High School lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Home Brook Township, graded from C+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Pillager Middle School and Pine River-Backus 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 Home Brook Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

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

Two districts serve Home Brook Township

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

Pillager Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,324 students, up 17% since 2020–21 · 15.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,305MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Pine River-Backus Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 906 students · 13.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,258MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Pillager Public School District53%
State average 51.1% · 650 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pillager Public School District46%
State average 44.8% · 661 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Pine River-Backus Public School District45%
State average 51.1% · 420 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pine River-Backus Public School District31%
State average 44.8% · 418 students tested

Home Brook Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Home Brook Township—Pillager Public PK–12 · Pine River-Backus Public PK–12
Lake ShoreB+Brainerd Public PK–12 · Pillager Public PK–12
Fairview—Pillager Public
Meadow Brook—Staples-Motley
Maple—Pine River-Backus Public

2 of the 4 neighbors share Pillager Public with Home Brook Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Home Brook 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 Home Brook Townshipin other towns
Pillager Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Pillager
A−
521 students13:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pine River
C+
478 students13:1Rate it →
Pillager Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Pillager
C+
433 students17:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pine River
C
371 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Home Brook Township’s schools

Are Home Brook Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Home Brook Township. Pillager Public School District and Pine River-Backus Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Home Brook 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 Home Brook Township in?

Pillager Public School District and Pine River-Backus Public School District.

Where do Home Brook Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pillager Middle School and Pine River-Backus 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.