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Schools in Kinney

Kinney’s public schools

Mountain Iron-Buhl School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kinney. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.3
MN 14.8 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
637 students on the public path
In brief

Kinney’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Kinney’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Merritt Elementary places highest (better than 45%); Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary lowest (45%). 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 Kinney, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Merritt Elementaryin Mountain IronB−
7–12Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondaryin Mountain IronB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mountain Iron-Buhl 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.

Mountain Iron-Buhl School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 637 students, up 12% since 2020–21 · 16.3 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,393MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 51.1% · 297 students tested
Math37%
State average 44.8% · 287 students tested

Kinney vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Kinney—Mountain Iron-Buhl

Every school in Kinney

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 Kinneyin other towns
Merritt Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Mountain Iron
B−
354 students16:1Rate it →
Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Mountain Iron
B−
283 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Kinney’s schools

Are Kinney’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Kinney. Mountain Iron-Buhl School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kinney. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Kinney in?

Mountain Iron-Buhl School District.

Where do Kinney kids go to high school?

Mountain Iron-Buhl Secondary.

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What Kinney 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.