Pipestone Area School District
Serves Pipestone, Jasper, Sweet Township, Springwater Township, Troy Township, Fountain Prairie Township, Elmer Township, Eden Township, Burke Township, Grange Township, Gray Township, Holland, Rock Township, Rose Dell Township, Altona Township, Woodstock, Trosky, Ihlen and Hatfield, and parts of Chanarambie Township, Denver Township and Cameron Township.
Pipestone’s School Grade B− better than 45% of Minnesota school districts
What stands out about Pipestone Area School District
- Its letter, B−: results better than 45% of Minnesota districts
- Spends 10% less per student than the MN average
- 13 students per teacher
- Enrollment up 27.2% since 2020–21
- Debt of $0.5M, about $442 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B−: better than 45% of the 502 Minnesota school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Pipestone. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. MN
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Up 27.2% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
4 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Minnesota’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Minnesota.