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Schools in Lura Township

Lura Township’s public schools

Blue Earth Area Public Schools and Maple River School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lura Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
43%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.6K
▼ 20% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Blue Earth Area
Students per teacher
15.0
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
1,604 students on the public path
In brief

Lura Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lura Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Maple River Secondary places highest (better than 68%); Blue Earth Area Middle lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Lura Township, graded from C to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Maple River Secondary and Blue Earth Area Middle. 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 Lura Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Blue Earth Area Public Schools.

Two districts serve Lura Township

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

Blue Earth Area Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,064 students · 15.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,623MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Maple River School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 946 students · 14.7 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,691MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Blue Earth Area Public Schools43%
State average 51.1% · 545 students tested
Math · PK–12, Blue Earth Area Public Schools34%
State average 44.8% · 530 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Maple River School District58%
State average 51.1% · 479 students tested
Math · PK–12, Maple River School District53%
State average 44.8% · 480 students tested

Lura Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lura Township—Blue Earth Area PK–12 · Maple River PK–12
Minnesota Lake—Maple River
Delavan—Blue Earth Area
Easton—United South Central
Barber—Blue Earth Area

2 of the 4 neighbors share Blue Earth Area with Lura Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Lura 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 Lura Townshipin other towns
Blue Earth Area Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Blue Earth
C
515 students15:1Rate it →
Maple River Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Mapleton
424 students13:1Rate it →
Maple River Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Mapleton
B+
502 students17:1Rate it →
Blue Earth Area Middle
Middle · Grades 6–7 · Blue Earth
C
163 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Lura Township’s schools

Are Lura Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lura Township. Blue Earth Area Public Schools and Maple River School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lura Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Lura Township in?

Blue Earth Area Public Schools and Maple River School District.

Where do Lura Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Maple River Secondary and Blue Earth Area Middle.

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What Lura 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.