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Schools in Pickerel Lake Township

Pickerel Lake Township’s public schools

Albert Lea Public School District and Alden-Conger Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pickerel Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/7schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 82% 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
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
76%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.7K
▲ 4% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Albert Lea Public
Students per teacher
13.9
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,365 students on the public path
In brief

Pickerel Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Pickerel Lake Township’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Lakeview Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Southwest Middle lowest (21%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Pickerel Lake Township, graded from C to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Southwest Middle and Alden-Conger 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 Pickerel Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

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

Two districts serve Pickerel Lake Township

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

Albert Lea Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 3,335 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,748MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Alden-Conger Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 444 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 11.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,341MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Albert Lea Public School District40%
State average 51.1% · 1484 students tested
Math · PK–12, Albert Lea Public School District37%
State average 44.8% · 1444 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Alden-Conger Public School District44%
State average 51.1% · 246 students tested
Math · PK–12, Alden-Conger Public School District43%
State average 44.8% · 248 students tested

Pickerel Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pickerel Lake Township—Albert Lea Public PK–12 · Alden-Conger Public PK–12
Conger—Alden-Conger Public
Albert LeaC+Albert Lea Public
Albert Lea Township—Albert Lea Public
Manchester—Albert Lea Public PK–12 · United South Central PK–12
Nunda—Glenville-Emmons
Alden—Alden-Conger Public

3 of the 6 neighbors share Albert Lea Public with Pickerel Lake Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Pickerel Lake Township

7 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 Pickerel Lake Townshipin other towns
Hawthorne Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
C
400 students14:1Rate it →
Lakeview Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
A−
400 students14:1Rate it →
Halverson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
C+
360 students15:1Rate it →
Sibley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Albert Lea
C
275 students12:1Rate it →
Alden-Conger Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Alden
B−
229 students10:1Rate it →
Southwest Middle
Middle · Grades 6–7 · Albert Lea
C−
486 students14:1Rate it →
Alden-Conger Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Alden
C+
215 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Pickerel Lake Township’s schools

Are Pickerel Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pickerel Lake Township. Albert Lea Public School District and Alden-Conger Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pickerel Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pickerel Lake Township in?

Albert Lea Public School District and Alden-Conger Public School District.

Where do Pickerel Lake Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Southwest Middle and Alden-Conger Secondary.

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What Pickerel 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.