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Schools in Norway Lake Township

Norway Lake Township’s public schools

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School District and Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Norway Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 66% 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
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.1K
▼ 17% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Students per teacher
13.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,387 students on the public path
In brief

Norway Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Norway Lake Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Murdock Elementary places highest (better than 61%); Kerkhoven Secondary lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Norway Lake Township, graded from B− to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Kerkhoven Secondary and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.. 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 Norway Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School District.

Two districts serve Norway Lake Township

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

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 610 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,265MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Kerkhoven-Murdock-SunburgGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 777 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 13.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,117MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School District48%
State average 51.1% · 208 students tested
Math · PK–12, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School District32%
State average 44.8% · 199 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg45%
State average 51.1% · 422 students tested
Math · PK–12, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg44%
State average 44.8% · 395 students tested

Norway Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Norway Lake Township—Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public PK–12 · Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg PK–12
Arctander—New London-Spicer PK–12 · Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg PK–12
Colfax—Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public PK–12 · New London-Spicer PK–12
Kerkhoven—Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Lake Johanna—Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public
Crow Lake—Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public

3 of the 5 neighbors share Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public with Norway Lake Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Norway Lake 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 Norway Lake Townshipin other towns
Murdock Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Murdock
B
395 students11:1Rate it →
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brooten
B−
294 students12:1Rate it →
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec.
High · Grades 6–12 · Belgrade
C+
316 students12:1Rate it →
Kerkhoven Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Kerkhoven
C
382 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Norway Lake Township’s schools

Are Norway Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Norway Lake Township. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School District and Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Norway Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Norway Lake Township in?

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Public School District and Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.

Where do Norway Lake Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Kerkhoven Secondary and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sec..

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What Norway Lake Township families are saying about school.

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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.