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Schools in Nickerson Township

Nickerson Township’s public schools

East Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Nickerson Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
36%
2021–22
Graduate on time
77%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.6K
▼ 14% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
700 students on the public path
In brief

Nickerson Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Nickerson Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. East Central Elementary places highest (better than 41%); East Central Senior Secondary lowest (23%). 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 Nickerson Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6East Central Elementaryin FinlaysonC+
7–12East Central Senior Secondaryin FinlaysonC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the East Central School District.

The district

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

East Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 732 students · 14.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,614MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 51.1% · 380 students tested
Math36%
State average 44.8% · 364 students tested

Nickerson Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Nickerson Township—East Central
Kerrick—Moose Lake Public PK–12 · East Central PK–12
Holyoke—Wrenshall Public
Park—East Central
New Dosey—East Central

3 of the 4 neighbors share East Central with Nickerson Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Summit, WI borders Nickerson Township but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Nickerson 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 Nickerson Townshipin other towns
East Central Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Finlayson
C+
391 students14:1Rate it →
East Central Senior Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Finlayson
C−
309 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Nickerson Township’s schools

Are Nickerson Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Nickerson Township. East Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Nickerson Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Nickerson Township in?

East Central School District.

Where do Nickerson Township kids go to high school?

East Central Senior 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.