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Schools in Ross Lake Township

Ross Lake Township’s public schools

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

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

Tests spring 2022, when 94% 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
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
56%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 6% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.5
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
985 students on the public path
In brief

Ross Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Ross Lake Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Rippleside Elementary places highest (better than 74%); Aitkin Secondary School lowest (63%). 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 Ross Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Rippleside Elementaryin AitkinB+
7–12Aitkin Secondary Schoolin AitkinB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Aitkin 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.

Aitkin Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 989 students, down 12% since 2020–21 · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,000MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51.1% · 537 students tested
Math56%
State average 44.8% · 535 students tested

Ross Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Ross Lake Township—Aitkin Public
Little Pine—Crosby-Ironton Public
Fairfield—Crosby-Ironton Public

Every school in Ross Lake Township

2 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 Ross Lake Townshipin other towns
Rippleside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Aitkin
B+
476 students13:1Rate it →
Aitkin Secondary School
High · Grades 7–12 · Aitkin
B
509 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Ross Lake Township’s schools

Are Ross Lake Township’s schools good?

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

What school district is Ross Lake Township in?

Aitkin Public School District.

Where do Ross Lake Township kids go to high school?

Aitkin Secondary 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.