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Schools in Tenhassen Township

Tenhassen Township’s public schools

Fairmont Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tenhassen 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
49%
2021–22
Math proficiency
41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▼ 15% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
17.0
MN 14.8 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,846 students on the public path
In brief

Tenhassen Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Tenhassen Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Fairmont Elementary School places highest (better than 62%); Fairmont JR./SR. High School lowest (49%). 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 Tenhassen Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Fairmont Elementary Schoolin FairmontB
7–12Fairmont JR./SR. High Schoolin FairmontB−

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

Fairmont Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 1,846 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 17.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,446MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading49%
State average 51.1% · 886 students tested
Math41%
State average 44.8% · 874 students tested

Tenhassen Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Tenhassen Township—Fairmont Area
Silver Lake—Granada-Huntley-East Chain PK–12 · Fairmont Area PK–12
Rolling Green—Fairmont Area PK–12 · Martin County West K–12
Lake Belt—Fairmont Area

All 3 neighbors share Fairmont Area with Tenhassen Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Tenhassen 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 Tenhassen Townshipin other towns
Fairmont Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Fairmont
B
1,007 students15:1Rate it →
Fairmont JR./SR. High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Fairmont
B−
839 students20:1Rate it →

Questions about Tenhassen Township’s schools

Are Tenhassen Township’s schools good?

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

Fairmont Area School District.

Where do Tenhassen Township kids go to high school?

Fairmont JR./SR. High 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.