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Schools in Turtle Creek Township

Turtle Creek Township’s public schools

Browerville Public School District and Staples-Motley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Turtle Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/4schools 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
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
48%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.5K
▼ 9% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Staples-Motley
Students per teacher
11.6
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,158 students on the public path
In brief

Turtle Creek Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Turtle Creek Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Browerville Elementary places highest (better than 56%); Browerville Secondary lowest (26%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Turtle Creek Township, graded from C+ to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Browerville Secondary and Staples-Motley Middle School. 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 Turtle Creek Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to B
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Browerville Public School District.

Two districts serve Turtle Creek Township

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

Browerville Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 566 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 7.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,808MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Staples-Motley School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 901 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 14.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,538MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Browerville Public School District40%
State average 51.1% · 287 students tested
Math · PK–12, Browerville Public School District48%
State average 44.8% · 291 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Staples-Motley School District45%
State average 51.1% · 504 students tested
Math · PK–12, Staples-Motley School District41%
State average 44.8% · 503 students tested

Turtle Creek Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Turtle Creek Township—Browerville Public PK–12 · Staples-Motley PK–12
Ward—Browerville Public
Cushing—Little Falls Public
Fawn Lake—Staples-Motley
Little Elk—Browerville Public

2 of the 4 neighbors share Browerville Public with Turtle Creek Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Turtle Creek 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 Turtle Creek Townshipin other towns
Staples-Motley Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Staples
C+
308 students13:1Rate it →
Browerville Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Browerville
B
275 studentsRate it →
Staples-Motley Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Staples
C
284 students15:1Rate it →
Browerville Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Browerville
C
291 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Turtle Creek Township’s schools

Are Turtle Creek Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Turtle Creek Township. Browerville Public School District and Staples-Motley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Turtle Creek Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Turtle Creek Township in?

Browerville Public School District and Staples-Motley School District.

Where do Turtle Creek Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Browerville Secondary and Staples-Motley Middle School.

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What Turtle Creek 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.