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Schools in Round Grove Township

Round Grove Township’s public schools

G.F.W. and Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Round Grove Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.8K
▲ 4% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · G.F.W.
Students per teacher
13.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
792 students on the public path
In brief

Round Grove Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Round Grove Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element places highest (better than 84%); Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda lowest (32%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Round Grove Township, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and GFW Middle School. 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 Round Grove Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the G.F.W..

Two districts serve Round Grove Township

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

G.F.W.Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 572 students, down 8% since 2021–22 · 13.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,774MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 451 students · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,933MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, G.F.W.47%
State average 51.1% · 339 students tested
Math · PK–12, G.F.W.34%
State average 44.8% · 309 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools47%
State average 51.1% · 267 students tested
Math · PK–12, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools47%
State average 44.8% · 260 students tested

Round Grove Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Round Grove Township—G.F.W. PK–12 · Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12
Grafton—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Penn—G.F.W. PK–12 · Glencoe-Silver Lake PK–12
Bismarck—G.F.W.
Collins—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart PK–12 · Glencoe-Silver Lake PK–12
Stewart—Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart
Sumter—Glencoe-Silver Lake

3 of the 6 neighbors share Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart with Round Grove Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Round Grove 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 Round Grove Townshipin other towns
GFW Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Gibbon
B
240 students14:1Rate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Element
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hector
A−
186 students11:1Rate it →
GFW Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Winthrop
121 students13:1Rate it →
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda
High · Grades 6–12 · Hector
C
245 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Round Grove Township’s schools

Are Round Grove Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Round Grove Township. G.F.W. and Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Round Grove Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Round Grove Township in?

G.F.W. and Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Public Schools.

Where do Round Grove Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart Seconda and GFW Middle 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.