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Schools in Kurtz Township

Kurtz Township’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/6schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
80%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.0K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.1
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
7,110 students on the public path
In brief

Kurtz Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Kurtz Township’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Moorhead High School places highest (better than 63%); Dorothy Dodds Elementary School lowest (40%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Kurtz Township, graded from C+ to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Moorhead 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 Kurtz Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–45 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B
5–8Horizon Middle Schoolin MoorheadC+
9–12Moorhead High Schoolin MoorheadB

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

Moorhead Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 7,571 students, up 4% since 2021–22 · 15.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,971MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 51.1% · 3539 students tested
Math42%
State average 44.8% · 3444 students tested

Kurtz Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Kurtz Township—Moorhead Public
Elmwood—Moorhead Public PK–12 · Barnesville Public PK–12
Holy Cross—Barnesville Public PK–12 · Moorhead Public PK–12
Moorhead—Moorhead Public

All 3 neighbors share Moorhead Public with Kurtz Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Briarwood, ND, Fargo, ND, Pleasant, ND and Stanley, ND border Kurtz Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Kurtz 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 Kurtz Townshipin other towns
S.G. Reinertsen Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
B
719 students14:1Rate it →
Dorothy Dodds Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
C+
625 students13:1Rate it →
Ellen Hopkins Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
B−
616 students14:1Rate it →
Robert Asp Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
B−
580 students13:1Rate it →
Probstfield Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Moorhead
290 studentsRate it →
Horizon Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Moorhead
C+
2,158 students17:1Rate it →
Moorhead High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Moorhead
B
2,122 students19:1Rate it →

Questions about Kurtz Township’s schools

Are Kurtz Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Kurtz Township. Moorhead Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Kurtz Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Kurtz Township in?

Moorhead Public School District.

Where do Kurtz Township kids go to high school?

Moorhead High School.

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What Kurtz 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.