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Schools in North Star Township

North Star Township’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
64%
2021–22
Math proficiency
71%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.5K
▼ 15% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
653 students on the public path
In brief

North Star Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of North Star Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Springfield Elementary places highest (better than 99%); Springfield Secondary lowest (45%). 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 North Star Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Springfield Elementaryin SpringfieldA+
7–12Springfield Secondaryin SpringfieldB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Springfield Public 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.

Springfield Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 653 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 14.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,519MN $17,091 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading64%
State average 51.1% · 306 students tested
Math71%
State average 44.8% · 298 students tested

North Star Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
North Star Township—Springfield Public
SpringfieldA+Springfield Public
Stately—Red Rock Central PK–12 · Comfrey Public PK–12 · Springfield Public PK–12
Sundown—Springfield Public
Burnstown—Springfield Public
Charlestown—Red Rock Central

4 of the 5 neighbors share Springfield Public with North Star Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in North Star 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 North Star Townshipin other towns
Springfield Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Springfield
A+
339 students14:1Rate it →
Springfield Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Springfield
B−
314 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about North Star Township’s schools

Are North Star Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for North Star Township. Springfield Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for North Star Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 North Star Township in?

Springfield Public School District.

Where do North Star Township kids go to high school?

Springfield 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.