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Schools in Jenkins Township

Jenkins Township’s public schools

Pine River-Backus Public School District and Pequot Lakes Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Jenkins 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.7K
▼ 25% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Pequot Lakes
Students per teacher
14.9
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
1,987 students on the public path
In brief

Jenkins Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Jenkins Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Eagle View Elementary places highest (better than 86%); Pine River-Backus High School lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Jenkins Township, graded from C+ to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Pequot Lakes Middle 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 Jenkins 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 Pine River-Backus Public School District.

Two districts serve Jenkins Township

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

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+
Pequot Lakes Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,737 students · 15.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$12,742MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

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
Reading · PK–12, Pequot Lakes Public Schools60%
State average 51.1% · 959 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pequot Lakes Public Schools44%
State average 44.8% · 940 students tested

Jenkins Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Jenkins Township—Pine River-Backus Public PK–12 · Pequot Lakes PK–12
Jenkins (city)—Pequot Lakes
IdealB+Pequot Lakes PK–12 · Pine River-Backus Public PK–12
Wilson—Pine River-Backus Public
Gail Lake—Pine River-Backus Public

3 of the 4 neighbors share Pine River-Backus Public with Jenkins Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Jenkins 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 Jenkins Townshipin other towns
Eagle View Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Breezy Point
A
557 students13:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pine River
C+
478 students13:1Rate it →
Pequot Lakes Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Pequot Lakes
C+
581 students20:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pine River
C
371 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Jenkins Township’s schools

Are Jenkins Township’s schools good?

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

Pine River-Backus Public School District and Pequot Lakes Public Schools.

Where do Jenkins Township kids go to high school?

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

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What Jenkins 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.