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Schools in Money Creek Township

Money Creek Township’s public schools

Rushford-Peterson Public Schools and Houston Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Money Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% 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
49%
2021–22
Math proficiency
44%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.0K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Houston Public
Students per teacher
13.7
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
892 students on the public path
In brief

Money Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Money Creek Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Houston Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Houston Secondary lowest (51%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Money Creek Township, graded from B+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Houston Secondary and Rushford-Peterson 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 Money Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A−
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Rushford-Peterson Public Schools.

Two districts serve Money Creek Township

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

Rushford-Peterson Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 648 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 14.3 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,413MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Houston Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,934 students, up 1% since 2021–22 · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,030MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Rushford-Peterson Public Schools49%
State average 51.1% · 341 students tested
Math · PK–12, Rushford-Peterson Public Schools44%
State average 44.8% · 345 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Houston Public School District51%
State average 51.1% · 770 students tested
Math · PK–12, Houston Public School District33%
State average 44.8% · 733 students tested

Money Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Money Creek Township—Rushford-Peterson PK–12 · Houston Public PK–12
Houston—Houston Public
Yucatan—Houston Public PK–12 · Rushford-Peterson PK–12
Wiscoy—Winona Area Public PK–12 · Houston Public PK–12
Rushford Village—Rushford-Peterson

3 of the 4 neighbors share Houston Public with Money Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Money Creek 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 Money Creek Townshipin other towns
Rushford-Peterson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Rushford
B+
266 students11:1Rate it →
Houston Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Houston
A−
247 students11:1Rate it →
Rushford-Peterson Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Rushford
B−
145 students19:1Rate it →
Houston Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Houston
B−
234 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Money Creek Township’s schools

Are Money Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Money Creek Township. Rushford-Peterson Public Schools and Houston Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Money Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 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 Money Creek Township in?

Rushford-Peterson Public Schools and Houston Public School District.

Where do Money Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Houston Secondary and Rushford-Peterson Middle.

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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.