Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to New Prairie Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Schools in New Prairie Township

New Prairie Township’s public schools

Morris Area Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools 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
56%
2021–22
Math proficiency
55%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 11% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.7
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
1,092 students on the public path
In brief

New Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of New Prairie Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Morris Area Elementary places highest (better than 73%); Morris Area Secondary lowest (55%). 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 New Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Morris Area Elementaryin MorrisB+
7–12Morris Area Secondaryin MorrisB

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

The district

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

Morris Area Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 1,092 students · 14.7 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,169MN $17,091 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading56%
State average 51.1% · 566 students tested
Math55%
State average 44.8% · 562 students tested

New Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Prairie Township—Morris Area
White Bear Lake—Minnewaska
Nora—West Central Area PK–12 · Morris Area PK–12
Framnas—Morris Area
Walden—Minnewaska PK–12 · Morris Area PK–12 · Hancock Public PK–12
Hodges—Hancock Public PK–12 · Morris Area PK–12

4 of the 5 neighbors share Morris Area with New Prairie Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in New Prairie Township

2 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 New Prairie Townshipin other towns
Morris Area Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Morris
B+
557 students13:1Rate it →
Morris Area Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Morris
B
535 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about New Prairie Township’s schools

Are New Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Prairie Township. Morris Area Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Prairie Township in?

Morris Area Public Schools.

Where do New Prairie Township kids go to high school?

Morris Area Secondary.

Parents talk

What New Prairie Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near New Prairie Township → They have their own page.

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.