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Schools in Severance Township

Severance Township’s public schools

G.F.W. has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Severance Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
Students per teacher
13.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
572 students on the public path
In brief

Severance Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Severance Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. GFW Elementary School places highest (better than 56%); GFW High School lowest (36%). 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 Severance Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5GFW Elementary Schoolin GibbonB
6–8GFW Middle Schoolin WinthropNo scores
9–12GFW High Schoolin WinthropC+

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

The district

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+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 51.1% · 339 students tested
Math34%
State average 44.8% · 309 students tested

Severance Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Severance Township—G.F.W.
Cornish—G.F.W.
West Newton—New Ulm Public
Cairo—G.F.W.
Moltke—G.F.W.

3 of the 4 neighbors share G.F.W. with Severance Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Severance Township

3 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 Severance Townshipin other towns
GFW Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Gibbon
B
240 students14:1Rate it →
GFW Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Winthrop
121 students13:1Rate it →
GFW High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Winthrop
C+
211 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Severance Township’s schools

Are Severance Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Severance Township. G.F.W. has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Severance Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Severance Township in?

G.F.W..

Where do Severance Township kids go to high school?

GFW High 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.