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Schools in Powers Township

Powers Township’s public schools

Pine River-Backus Public School District and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Powers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.3K
▼ 17% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Pine River-Backus Public
Students per teacher
12.7
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,535 students on the public path
In brief

Powers Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Powers Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Pine River-Backus Elementary places highest (better than 40%); Pine River-Backus High School lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Powers Township, graded from C+ to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Pine River-Backus High School and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 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 Powers Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Pine River-Backus Public School District.

Two districts serve Powers Township

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

Pine River-Backus Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 906 students · 13.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,258MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 686 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 11.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$21,831MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Pine River-Backus Public School District45%
State average 51.1% · 420 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pine River-Backus Public School District31%
State average 44.8% · 418 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District41%
State average 51.1% · 359 students tested
Math · PK–12, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District29%
State average 44.8% · 363 students tested

Powers Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Powers Township—Pine River-Backus Public PK–12 · Walker-Hackensack-Akeley PK–12
Ponto Lake—Pine River-Backus Public
Pine RiverC+Pine River-Backus Public
Deerfield—Pine River-Backus Public
Birch Lake—Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

3 of the 4 neighbors share Pine River-Backus Public with Powers Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Powers 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 Powers Townshipin other towns
Pine River-Backus Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pine River
C+
478 students13:1Rate it →
W.H.A. Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Walker
C+
369 students11:1Rate it →
Pine River-Backus High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pine River
C
371 students14:1Rate it →
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec.
High · Grades 7–12 · Walker
C+
317 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Powers Township’s schools

Are Powers Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Powers Township. Pine River-Backus Public School District and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Powers Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Powers Township in?

Pine River-Backus Public School District and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School District.

Where do Powers Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pine River-Backus High School and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Sec..

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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.