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Schools in Van Buren Township

Van Buren Township’s public schools

Floodwood Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Van Buren 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
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.9K
▲ 16% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
168 students on the public path
In brief

Van Buren Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Van Buren Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Floodwood Elementary places highest (better than 69%); Floodwood 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 Van Buren Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Floodwood Elementaryin FloodwoodB+
7–12Floodwood Secondaryin FloodwoodC

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

Floodwood Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 168 students, down 14% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$19,873MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51.1% · 76 students tested
Math32%
State average 44.8% · 83 students tested

Van Buren Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Van Buren Township—Floodwood Public
Ness—St. Louis County
Floodwood—Floodwood Public
Elmer—St. Louis County
Halden—Floodwood Public

2 of the 4 neighbors share Floodwood Public with Van Buren Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Van Buren 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 Van Buren Townshipin other towns
Floodwood Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Floodwood
B+
88 students10:1Rate it →
Floodwood Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Floodwood
C
80 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Van Buren Township’s schools

Are Van Buren Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Van Buren Township. Floodwood Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Van Buren 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 Van Buren Township in?

Floodwood Public School District.

Where do Van Buren Township kids go to high school?

Floodwood 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.