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Schools in Lakeside Township

Lakeside Township’s public schools

Windom Public School District and Mountain Lake Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lakeside Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools 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
46%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▼ 8% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Windom Public
Students per teacher
13.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,350 students on the public path
In brief

Lakeside Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Lakeside Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Mountain Lake Secondary places highest (better than 69%); Mountain Lake Elementary lowest (36%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lakeside Township, graded from C+ to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Windom Middle and Mountain Lake Secondary. 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 Lakeside Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B+

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

Two districts serve Lakeside Township

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

Windom Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,187 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,728MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Mountain Lake Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 498 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,587MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Windom Public School District46%
State average 51.1% · 569 students tested
Math · PK–12, Windom Public School District43%
State average 44.8% · 563 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Mountain Lake Public Schools46%
State average 51.1% · 268 students tested
Math · PK–12, Mountain Lake Public Schools44%
State average 44.8% · 266 students tested

Lakeside Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lakeside Township—Windom Public PK–12 · Mountain Lake PK–12
WindomBWindom Public
Great Bend—Windom Public
Carson—Mountain Lake
Mountain Lake—Mountain Lake
Christiania—Windom Public
Delafield—Windom Public PK–12 · Jackson County Central PK–12

4 of the 6 neighbors share Windom Public with Lakeside Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lakeside 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 Lakeside Townshipin other towns
Windom Area Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Windom
B
493 students13:1Rate it →
Mountain Lake Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Mountain Lake
C+
257 students12:1Rate it →
Windom Middle
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Windom
C+
359 students14:1Rate it →
Mountain Lake Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Mountain Lake
B+
241 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Lakeside Township’s schools

Are Lakeside Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lakeside Township. Windom Public School District and Mountain Lake Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lakeside Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Lakeside Township in?

Windom Public School District and Mountain Lake Public Schools.

Where do Lakeside Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Windom Middle and Mountain Lake Secondary.

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What Lakeside 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.