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Schools in Riceville Township

Riceville Township’s public schools

Detroit Lakes Public School District and Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Riceville Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/5schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 93% 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
54%
2021–22
Math proficiency
45%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Detroit Lakes Public
Students per teacher
13.3
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,278 students on the public path
In brief

Riceville Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Riceville Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Rossman Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Ogema Elementary lowest (8%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Riceville Township, graded from D to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Detroit Lakes Middle and Waubun 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 Riceville Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C

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

Two districts serve Riceville Township

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

Detroit Lakes Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 2,728 students, down 3% since 2021–22 · 14.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,411MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 727 students, up 9% since 2020–21 · 11.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,767MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Detroit Lakes Public School District54%
State average 51.1% · 1349 students tested
Math · PK–12, Detroit Lakes Public School District45%
State average 44.8% · 1318 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools34%
State average 51.1% · 332 students tested
Math · PK–12, Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools28%
State average 44.8% · 345 students tested

Riceville Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Riceville Township—Detroit Lakes Public PK–12 · Waubun-Ogema-White Earth PK–12
Atlanta—Lake Park Audubon PK–12 · Ulen-Hitterdal Public K–12
Spring Creek—Waubun-Ogema-White Earth
Callaway—Waubun-Ogema-White Earth PK–12 · Detroit Lakes Public PK–12
Hamden—Lake Park Audubon PK–12 · Detroit Lakes Public PK–12
Cuba—Lake Park Audubon

2 of the 5 neighbors share Waubun-Ogema-White Earth with Riceville Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Riceville Township

5 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 Riceville Townshipin other towns
Rossman Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Detroit Lakes
A−
565 students13:1Rate it →
Roosevelt Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Detroit Lakes
B
562 students12:1Rate it →
Ogema Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Ogema
D
251 students11:1Rate it →
Detroit Lakes Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Detroit Lakes
C
617 students16:1Rate it →
Waubun Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Waubun
C−
283 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Riceville Township’s schools

Are Riceville Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Riceville Township. Detroit Lakes Public School District and Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Riceville Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Riceville Township in?

Detroit Lakes Public School District and Waubun-Ogema-White Earth Public Schools.

Where do Riceville Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Detroit Lakes Middle and Waubun Secondary.

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What Riceville 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.