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Schools in Richwood Township

Richwood Township’s public schools

Detroit Lakes Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Richwood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools 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
Students per teacher
14.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,535 students on the public path
In brief

Richwood Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Richwood Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Rossman Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Detroit Lakes Middle lowest (31%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Richwood Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Detroit Lakes Senior High. 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 Richwood Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
6–8Detroit Lakes Middlein Detroit LakesC
9–12Detroit Lakes Senior Highin Detroit LakesB+

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

The district

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
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading54%
State average 51.1% · 1349 students tested
Math45%
State average 44.8% · 1318 students tested

Richwood Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Richwood Township—Detroit Lakes Public
DetroitBDetroit Lakes Public
Callaway—Waubun-Ogema-White Earth PK–12 · Detroit Lakes Public PK–12
Holmesville—Detroit Lakes Public
Sugar Bush—Detroit Lakes Public
Hamden—Lake Park Audubon PK–12 · Detroit Lakes Public PK–12

All 5 neighbors share Detroit Lakes Public with Richwood Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Richwood 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 Richwood 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 →
Detroit Lakes Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Detroit Lakes
C
617 students16:1Rate it →
Detroit Lakes Senior High
High · Grades 9–12 · Detroit Lakes
B+
791 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Richwood Township’s schools

Are Richwood Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Richwood Township. Detroit Lakes Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Richwood Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Richwood Township in?

Detroit Lakes Public School District.

Where do Richwood Township kids go to high school?

Detroit Lakes Senior High.

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What Richwood 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.