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Schools in Welch Township

Welch Township’s public schools

Red Wing Public School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Welch 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 85% 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
34%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.6K
▼ 3% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.5
MN 14.8
Schools in town
0
2,051 students on the public path
In brief

Welch Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Welch Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Burnside Elementary places highest (better than 55%); Red Wing Senior High lowest (35%). 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 Welch Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–1Sunnyside Elementaryin Red WingC+
2–4Burnside Elementaryin Red WingB
5–7Twin Bluff Schoolin Red WingC+
8–12Red Wing Senior Highin Red WingC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Red Wing 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.

Red Wing Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 2,225 students · 14.5 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$16,612MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 51.1% · 1090 students tested
Math34%
State average 44.8% · 1068 students tested

Welch Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Welch Township—Red Wing Public
Vasa—Red Wing Public PK–12 · Cannon Falls Public PK–12
Red WingB−Red Wing Public
RavennaB+Hastings Public
Douglas—Hastings Public PK–12 · Cannon Falls Public PK–12

2 of the 4 neighbors share Red Wing Public with Welch Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Diamond Bluff, WI and Oak Grove, WI border Welch Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Welch 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 Welch Townshipin other towns
Sunnyside Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–1 · Red Wing
C+
294 students12:1Rate it →
Burnside Elementary
Elementary · Grades 2–4 · Red Wing
B
493 students14:1Rate it →
Twin Bluff School
Middle · Grades 5–7 · Red Wing
C+
502 students16:1Rate it →
Red Wing Senior High
High · Grades 8–12 · Red Wing
C+
762 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Welch Township’s schools

Are Welch Township’s schools good?

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

Red Wing Public School District.

Where do Welch Township kids go to high school?

Red Wing Senior High.

Parents talk

What Welch 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.