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Schools in St. Joseph Township

St. Joseph Township’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 87% 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
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.2K
▲ 6% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.6
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
208 students on the public path
In brief

St. Joseph Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of St. Joseph Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Lancaster Elementary places highest (better than 45%); Lancaster Secondary lowest (45%). 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 St. Joseph Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Lancaster Elementaryin LancasterB−
7–12Lancaster Secondaryin LancasterB−

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

Lancaster Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 208 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 14.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$18,183MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51.1% · 80 students tested
Math47%
State average 44.8% · 85 students tested

St. Joseph Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
St. Joseph Township—Lancaster Public
Poppleton—Lancaster Public
Richardville—Lancaster Public

All 2 neighbors share Lancaster Public with St. Joseph Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph Townshipin other towns
Lancaster Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Lancaster
B−
122 students15:1Rate it →
Lancaster Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Lancaster
B−
86 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about St. Joseph Township’s schools

Are St. Joseph Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for St. Joseph Township. Lancaster Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for St. Joseph Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 St. Joseph Township in?

Lancaster Public School District.

Where do St. Joseph Township kids go to high school?

Lancaster Secondary.

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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.