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Schools in Waltham Township

Waltham Township’s public schools

Hayfield Public School District and Blooming Prairie Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waltham 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.6K
▼ 20% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Blooming Prairie Public
Students per teacher
13.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,347 students on the public path
In brief

Waltham Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Waltham Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Blooming Prairie Elementary places highest (better than 84%); Hayfield Secondary lowest (23%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Waltham Township, graded from C to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Blooming Prairie High School and Hayfield 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 Waltham Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−
6–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C+

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

Two districts serve Waltham Township

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

Hayfield Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 621 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 12.3 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,470MN $17,091 · FY2024
C+
Blooming Prairie Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 864 students · 13.8 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$13,647MN $17,091 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Hayfield Public School District42%
State average 51.1% · 350 students tested
Math · PK–12, Hayfield Public School District35%
State average 44.8% · 345 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Blooming Prairie Public School District55%
State average 51.1% · 449 students tested
Math · PK–12, Blooming Prairie Public School District55%
State average 44.8% · 429 students tested

Waltham Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Waltham Township—Hayfield Public PK–12 · Blooming Prairie Public PK–12
Red Rock—Hayfield Public
Sargeant—Hayfield Public
Udolpho—Blooming Prairie Public
Hayfield—Hayfield Public

3 of the 4 neighbors share Hayfield Public with Waltham Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Waltham 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 Waltham Townshipin other towns
Blooming Prairie Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Blooming Prairie
A−
341 students12:1Rate it →
Hayfield Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hayfield
C
302 students10:1Rate it →
Hayfield Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Hayfield
C−
319 students15:1Rate it →
Blooming Prairie High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Blooming Prairie
C+
385 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Waltham Township’s schools

Are Waltham Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Waltham Township. Hayfield Public School District and Blooming Prairie Public School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Waltham 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 Waltham Township in?

Hayfield Public School District and Blooming Prairie Public School District.

Where do Waltham Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Blooming Prairie High School and Hayfield Secondary.

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What Waltham 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.