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Schools in Melville Township

Melville Township’s public schools

Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District and Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Melville 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 97% 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
50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.7K
▼ 8% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public
Students per teacher
11.3
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
864 students on the public path
In brief

Melville Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Melville Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element places highest (better than 84%); BOLD Middle School lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Melville Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and BOLD Middle 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 Melville Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District.

Two districts serve Melville Township

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

Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 636 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,666MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 451 students · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,933MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District50%
State average 51.1% · 303 students tested
Math · PK–12, Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District43%
State average 44.8% · 303 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools47%
State average 51.1% · 267 students tested
Math · PK–12, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools47%
State average 44.8% · 260 students tested

Melville Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Melville Township—Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public PK–12 · Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12
Palmyra—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12 · Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public PK–12
Hector—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Osceola—Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public PK–12 · Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12
Bird Island—Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public

3 of the 4 neighbors share Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart with Melville Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Melville 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 Melville Townshipin other towns
BOLD-Bird Island Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Olivia
B
260 students11:1Rate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hector
A−
186 students11:1Rate it →
BOLD Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Olivia
C
173 studentsRate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda
High · Grades 6–12 · Hector
C
245 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Melville Township’s schools

Are Melville Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Melville Township. Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District and Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Melville 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 Melville Township in?

Bird Island-Olivia-Lake Lillian Public School District and Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools.

Where do Melville Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and BOLD Middle 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.