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Schools in Walter Township

Walter Township’s public schools

Ortonville Public Schools and Lac Qui Parle Valley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walter Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/5schools 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
56%
2021–22
Math proficiency
53%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.5K
▼ 9% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Lac Qui Parle Valley
Students per teacher
13.5
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,271 students on the public path
In brief

Walter Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Walter Township’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Madison-Marietta-Nassau Elementary places highest (better than 80%); Appleton-Milan Elementary lowest (20%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Walter Township, graded from C− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary and Ortonville Secondary. 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 Walter Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–43 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC− to A−
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to C+

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

Two districts serve Walter Township

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

Ortonville Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 510 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,161MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Lac Qui Parle Valley School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 890 students, up 14% since 2020–21 · 14.4 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,487MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Ortonville Public Schools56%
State average 51.1% · 263 students tested
Math · PK–12, Ortonville Public Schools53%
State average 44.8% · 266 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Lac Qui Parle Valley School District44%
State average 51.1% · 417 students tested
Math · PK–12, Lac Qui Parle Valley School District42%
State average 44.8% · 421 students tested

Walter Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Walter Township—Ortonville PK–12 · Lac Qui Parle Valley PK–12
Nassau—Lac Qui Parle Valley
Yellow Bank—Ortonville
Perry—Ortonville PK–12 · Lac Qui Parle Valley PK–12
Augusta—Lac Qui Parle Valley

3 of the 4 neighbors share Lac Qui Parle Valley with Walter Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Vernon, SD borders Walter Township but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Walter Township

5 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 Walter Townshipin other towns
Knoll Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Ortonville
B+
282 students12:1Rate it →
Appleton-Milan Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Appleton
C−
230 students13:1Rate it →
Madison-Marietta-Nassau Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Madison
A−
151 students12:1Rate it →
Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Madison
C+
380 students17:1Rate it →
Ortonville Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Ortonville
C
228 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Walter Township’s schools

Are Walter Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Walter Township. Ortonville Public Schools and Lac Qui Parle Valley School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Walter Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Walter Township in?

Ortonville Public Schools and Lac Qui Parle Valley School District.

Where do Walter Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Lac Qui Parle Valley Secondary and Ortonville 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.