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Schools in Mound Prairie Township

Mound Prairie Township’s public schools

Houston Public School District and La Crescent-Hokah School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mound Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 78% 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
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
56%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.0K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Houston Public
Students per teacher
13.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,151 students on the public path
In brief

Mound Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Mound Prairie 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%); La Crescent-Hokah Middle School lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Mound Prairie Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: La Crescent-Hokah Middle School and Houston 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 Mound Prairie 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 addressC to B−

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

Two districts serve Mound Prairie Township

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

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
La Crescent-Hokah School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 998 students, down 2% since 2023–24 · 12.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,563MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

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
Reading · PK–12, La Crescent-Hokah School District46%
State average 51.1% · 522 students tested
Math · PK–12, La Crescent-Hokah School District36%
State average 44.8% · 525 students tested

Mound Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Mound Prairie Township—Houston Public PK–12 · La Crescent-Hokah PK–12
Union—Caledonia Public PK–12 · La Crescent-Hokah PK–12
Hokah—La Crescent-Hokah
Houston—Houston Public
La CrescentBLa Crescent-Hokah
Sheldon—Houston Public PK–12 · Caledonia Public PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share La Crescent-Hokah with Mound Prairie Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Mound 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 Mound Prairie Townshipin other towns
La Crescent-Hokah Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · La Crescent
B
359 students11:1Rate it →
Houston Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Houston
A−
247 students11:1Rate it →
La Crescent-Hokah Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · La Crescent
C
311 students14:1Rate it →
Houston Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Houston
B−
234 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Mound Prairie Township’s schools

Are Mound Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Mound Prairie Township. Houston Public School District and La Crescent-Hokah School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mound Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Mound Prairie Township in?

Houston Public School District and La Crescent-Hokah School District.

Where do Mound Prairie Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: La Crescent-Hokah Middle School and Houston Secondary.

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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.