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Schools in Houston Township

Houston Township’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 78% 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
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
56%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.0K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
481 students on the public path
In brief

Houston Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Houston Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Houston Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Houston Secondary lowest (51%). 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 Houston Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Houston Elementaryin HoustonA−
7–12Houston Secondaryin HoustonB−

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

Houston Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,934 students, up 1% since 2021–22 · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,030MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 51.1% · 770 students tested
Math33%
State average 44.8% · 733 students tested

Houston Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Houston Township—Houston Public
Money Creek—Rushford-Peterson PK–12 · Houston Public PK–12
Yucatan—Houston Public PK–12 · Rushford-Peterson PK–12
Sheldon—Houston Public PK–12 · Caledonia Public PK–12
Mound Prairie—Houston Public PK–12 · La Crescent-Hokah PK–12

All 4 neighbors share Houston Public with Houston Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Houston Township

2 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 Houston Townshipin other towns
Houston Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Houston
A−
247 students11:1Rate it →
Houston Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Houston
B−
234 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Houston Township’s schools

Are Houston Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Houston Township. Houston Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Houston Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Houston Township in?

Houston Public School District.

Where do Houston Township kids go to high school?

Houston Secondary.

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What Houston 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.