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Schools in Tyro Township

Tyro Township’s public schools

Yellow Medicine East has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tyro 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 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
Students per teacher
11.8
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
605 students on the public path
In brief

Tyro Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Tyro Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Bert Raney Elementary School places highest (better than 56%); Yellow Medicine East Secondary lowest (29%). 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 Tyro Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Bert Raney Elementary Schoolin Granite FallsB
6–12Yellow Medicine East Secondaryin Granite FallsC

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

The district

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+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 51.1% · 310 students tested
Math27%
State average 44.8% · 326 students tested

Tyro Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Tyro Township—Yellow Medicine East
Friendship—Yellow Medicine East
Ten Mile Lake—Dawson-Boyd Public
Swede Prairie—Yellow Medicine East PK–12 · Minneota Public PK–12
Omro—Dawson-Boyd Public PK–12 · Canby Public PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Yellow Medicine East with Tyro Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Tyro 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 Tyro Townshipin other towns
Bert Raney Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Granite Falls
B
284 students11:1Rate it →
Yellow Medicine East Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Granite Falls
C
321 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Tyro Township’s schools

Are Tyro Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Tyro Township. Yellow Medicine East has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Tyro 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 Tyro Township in?

Yellow Medicine East.

Where do Tyro Township kids go to high school?

Yellow Medicine East 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.