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Schools in Shelly Township

Shelly Township’s public schools

Ada-Borup-West Public Schools and Climax-Shelly Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shelly 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
61%
2021–22
Math proficiency
48%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 12% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Ada-Borup-West
Students per teacher
13.0
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
864 students on the public path
In brief

Shelly Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Shelly Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Climax Elementary places highest (better than 56%); Climax Secondary lowest (12%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Shelly Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Ada-Borup-West Secondary and Climax Secondary. 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 Shelly Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ada-Borup-West Public Schools.

Two districts serve Shelly Township

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

Ada-Borup-West Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 705 students · 13.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,107MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Climax-Shelly Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 159 students, down 20% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,188MN $17,091 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Ada-Borup-West Public Schools61%
State average 51.1% · 327 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ada-Borup-West Public Schools48%
State average 44.8% · 332 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Climax-Shelly Public Schools42%
State average 51.1% · 106 students tested
Math · PK–12, Climax-Shelly Public Schools27%
State average 44.8% · 104 students tested

Shelly Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Shelly Township—Ada-Borup-West PK–12 · Climax-Shelly PK–12
Hubbard—Climax-Shelly
Good Hope—Ada-Borup-West
Halstad—Ada-Borup-West

2 of the 3 neighbors share Ada-Borup-West with Shelly Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Bingham, ND, Caledonia, ND and Herberg, ND border Shelly Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Shelly 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 Shelly Townshipin other towns
Ada-Borup-West Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Ada
370 students14:1Rate it →
Climax Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Climax
B
65 students9:1Rate it →
Ada-Borup-West Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Ada
335 students13:1Rate it →
Climax Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Climax
D
94 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Shelly Township’s schools

Are Shelly Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Shelly Township. Ada-Borup-West Public Schools and Climax-Shelly Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Shelly 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 Shelly Township in?

Ada-Borup-West Public Schools and Climax-Shelly Public Schools.

Where do Shelly Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Ada-Borup-West Secondary and Climax Secondary.

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What Shelly 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.