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Schools in West Heron Lake Township

West Heron Lake Township’s public schools

Heron Lake-Okabena School District and Jackson County Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Heron Lake 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 87% 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
17%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.2K
▼ 17% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Jackson County Central
Students per teacher
14.1
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
851 students on the public path
In brief

West Heron Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of West Heron Lake Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Riverside Elementary places highest (better than 75%); Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary lowest (15%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve West Heron Lake Township, graded from C+ to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Jackson County Central Middle and Heron Lake-Okabena 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 West Heron Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 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 Heron Lake-Okabena School District.

Two districts serve West Heron Lake Township

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

Heron Lake-Okabena School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 260 students, down 19% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$17,300MN $17,091 · FY2024
C−
Jackson County Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,093 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 14.7 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,183MN $17,091 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Heron Lake-Okabena School District32%
State average 51.1% · 140 students tested
Math · PK–12, Heron Lake-Okabena School District17%
State average 44.8% · 130 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Jackson County Central School District45%
State average 51.1% · 516 students tested
Math · PK–12, Jackson County Central School District43%
State average 44.8% · 537 students tested

West Heron Lake Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Minnesota towns that share West Heron Lake Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
West Heron Lake Township—Heron Lake-Okabena PK–12 · Jackson County Central PK–12
Heron Lake—Jackson County Central
Weimer—Heron Lake-Okabena PK–12 · Windom Public PK–12
Rost—Jackson County Central PK–12 · Heron Lake-Okabena PK–12
Alba—Round Lake-Brewster PK–8 · Heron Lake-Okabena PK–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Heron Lake-Okabena with West Heron Lake Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in West Heron Lake 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 West Heron Lake Townshipin other towns
Riverside Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Jackson
A−
350 students13:1Rate it →
Heron Lake-Okabena Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Heron Lake
C+
123 students11:1Rate it →
Jackson County Central Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lakefield
C+
241 students16:1Rate it →
Heron Lake-Okabena Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Okabena
C−
137 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about West Heron Lake Township’s schools

Are West Heron Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for West Heron Lake Township. Heron Lake-Okabena School District and Jackson County Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for West Heron Lake 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 West Heron Lake Township in?

Heron Lake-Okabena School District and Jackson County Central School District.

Where do West Heron Lake Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Jackson County Central Middle and Heron Lake-Okabena 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.