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Schools in Swede Prairie Township

Swede Prairie Township’s public schools

Yellow Medicine East and Minneota Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Swede Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.7K
▲ 4% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Yellow Medicine East
Students per teacher
12.5
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,159 students on the public path
In brief

Swede Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Swede Prairie Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Minneota Elementary places highest (better than 91%); Yellow Medicine East Secondary lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Swede Prairie Township, graded from B to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Yellow Medicine East Secondary and Minneota 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 Swede Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Yellow Medicine East.

Two districts serve Swede Prairie Township

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

Yellow Medicine EastGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 605 students, up 21% since 2020–21 · 11.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,693MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Minneota Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 554 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,004MN $17,091 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Yellow Medicine East41%
State average 51.1% · 310 students tested
Math · PK–12, Yellow Medicine East27%
State average 44.8% · 326 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Minneota Public School District62%
State average 51.1% · 278 students tested
Math · PK–12, Minneota Public School District60%
State average 44.8% · 278 students tested

Swede Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Swede Prairie Township—Yellow Medicine East PK–12 · Minneota Public PK–12
Burton—Minneota Public PK–12 · Canby Public PK–12
Normania—Yellow Medicine East PK–12 · Lakeview PK–12
Westerheim—Minneota Public
Tyro—Yellow Medicine East

2 of the 4 neighbors share Minneota Public with Swede Prairie Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Swede Prairie 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 Swede Prairie Townshipin other towns
Bert Raney Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Granite Falls
B
284 students11:1Rate it →
Minneota Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Minneota
A
258 students12:1Rate it →
Yellow Medicine East Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Granite Falls
C
321 students12:1Rate it →
Minneota Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Minneota
A−
296 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Swede Prairie Township’s schools

Are Swede Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Swede Prairie Township. Yellow Medicine East and Minneota Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Swede Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Swede Prairie Township in?

Yellow Medicine East and Minneota Public School District.

Where do Swede Prairie Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Yellow Medicine East Secondary and Minneota 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.