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Schools in Lake Prairie Township

Lake Prairie Township’s public schools

St. Peter Public School District and Le Sueur-Henderson School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
51%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▼ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · St. Peter Public
Students per teacher
16.0
MN 14.8 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,776 students on the public path
In brief

Lake Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lake Prairie Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary places highest (better than 56%); St. Peter Middle School lowest (41%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lake Prairie Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: St. Peter Middle School and Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High. 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 Lake Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B

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

Two districts serve Lake Prairie Township

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

St. Peter Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 2,107 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 16.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,337MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Le Sueur-Henderson School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 908 students, up 62% since 2020–21
$14,312MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, St. Peter Public School District51%
State average 51.1% · 1046 students tested
Math · PK–12, St. Peter Public School District51%
State average 44.8% · 1035 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Le Sueur-Henderson School District50%
State average 51.1% · 486 students tested
Math · PK–12, Le Sueur-Henderson School District51%
State average 44.8% · 492 students tested

Lake Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lake Prairie Township—St. Peter Public PK–12 · Le Sueur-Henderson PK–12
Ottawa—Le Sueur-Henderson
Traverse—St. Peter Public
New Sweden—Sibley East PK–12 · Nicollet Public PK–12
Henderson—Le Sueur-Henderson
Kelso—Sibley East PK–12 · Le Sueur-Henderson PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Le Sueur-Henderson with Lake Prairie Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lake Prairie 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 Lake Prairie Townshipin other towns
Le Sueur-Henderson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Le Sueur
B
390 studentsRate it →
South Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–1 · Saint Peter
269 students13:1Rate it →
St. Peter Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Saint Peter
C+
617 students18:1Rate it →
Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High
High · Grades 6–12 · Le Sueur
B
500 studentsRate it →

Questions about Lake Prairie Township’s schools

Are Lake Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lake Prairie Township. St. Peter Public School District and Le Sueur-Henderson School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lake Prairie Township in?

St. Peter Public School District and Le Sueur-Henderson School District.

Where do Lake Prairie Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: St. Peter Middle School and Le Sueur-Henderson Middle/High.

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What Lake Prairie 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.