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Schools in Sheldon Township

Sheldon Township’s public schools

Houston Public School District and Caledonia Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sheldon Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 78% 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
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
56%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.0K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Houston Public
Students per teacher
13.3
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
914 students on the public path
In brief

Sheldon Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Sheldon Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Caledonia Elementary places highest (better than 93%); Houston Secondary lowest (51%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sheldon Township, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Houston Secondary and Caledonia Middle. 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 Sheldon Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B

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

Two districts serve Sheldon Township

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

Houston Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,934 students, up 1% since 2021–22 · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,030MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Caledonia Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 693 students · 12.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,552MN $17,091 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Houston Public School District51%
State average 51.1% · 770 students tested
Math · PK–12, Houston Public School District33%
State average 44.8% · 733 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Caledonia Public School District63%
State average 51.1% · 359 students tested
Math · PK–12, Caledonia Public School District51%
State average 44.8% · 354 students tested

Sheldon Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sheldon Township—Houston Public PK–12 · Caledonia Public PK–12
Houston—Houston Public
Caledonia—Caledonia Public
Yucatan—Houston Public PK–12 · Rushford-Peterson PK–12
Union—Caledonia Public PK–12 · La Crescent-Hokah PK–12
Mound Prairie—Houston Public PK–12 · La Crescent-Hokah PK–12

3 of the 5 neighbors share Houston Public with Sheldon Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Sheldon 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 Sheldon Townshipin other towns
Caledonia Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Caledonia
A
295 students12:1Rate it →
Houston Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Houston
A−
247 students11:1Rate it →
Caledonia Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Caledonia
B
138 students12:1Rate it →
Houston Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Houston
B−
234 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Sheldon Township’s schools

Are Sheldon Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sheldon Township. Houston Public School District and Caledonia Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sheldon Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 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 Sheldon Township in?

Houston Public School District and Caledonia Public School District.

Where do Sheldon Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Houston Secondary and Caledonia Middle.

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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.