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Schools in Sweet Township

Sweet Township’s public schools

Pipestone Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sweet 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
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.4K
▼ 10% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
894 students on the public path
In brief

Sweet Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Sweet Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Pipestone Elementary places highest (better than 64%); Pipestone Senior High lowest (20%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sweet Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Pipestone Senior High. 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 Sweet Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB
9–12Pipestone Senior Highin PipestoneC−

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

Pipestone Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,138 students, up 27% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,364MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 51.1% · 561 students tested
Math40%
State average 44.8% · 529 students tested

Sweet Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sweet Township—Pipestone Area
PipestoneB−Pipestone Area
Troy—Pipestone Area
Gray—Pipestone Area
Eden—Pipestone Area

All 4 neighbors share Pipestone Area with Sweet Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Lone Rock, SD borders Sweet Township but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Sweet 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 Sweet Townshipin other towns
Pipestone Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pipestone
B
580 students13:1Rate it →
Heartland Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Lake Benton
12 students5:1Rate it →
Pipestone Senior High
High · Grades 9–12 · Pipestone
C−
302 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Sweet Township’s schools

Are Sweet Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sweet Township. Pipestone Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sweet 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 Sweet Township in?

Pipestone Area School District.

Where do Sweet Township kids go to high school?

Pipestone Senior High.

Parents talk

What Sweet 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.