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Schools in Woods Township

Woods Township’s public schools

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and MACCRAY School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Woods Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Minnesota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 91% 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
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
44%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.1K
▼ 17% vs MN $17.1K
FY2024 · Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Students per teacher
12.8
MN 14.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,499 students on the public path
In brief

Woods Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Woods Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s 1,645 public schools. Murdock Elementary places highest (better than 61%); MACCRAY Secondary lowest (29%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Woods Township, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: MACCRAY Secondary and Kerkhoven 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 Woods Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg.

Two districts serve Woods Township

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

Kerkhoven-Murdock-SunburgGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 777 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 13.6 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$14,117MN $17,091 · FY2024
B−
MACCRAY School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 722 students, down 2% since 2022–23 · 12.1 per teacher (MN 14.8)
$15,984MN $17,091 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg45%
State average 51.1% · 422 students tested
Math · PK–12, Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg44%
State average 44.8% · 395 students tested
Reading · PK–12, MACCRAY School District47%
State average 51.1% · 384 students tested
Math · PK–12, MACCRAY School District48%
State average 44.8% · 367 students tested

Woods Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Woods Township—Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg PK–12 · MACCRAY PK–12
Louriston—MACCRAY PK–12 · Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg PK–12
Pillsbury—Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
Lone Tree—MACCRAY
St. Johns—MACCRAY PK–12 · Willmar Public PK–12

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

Every school in Woods 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 Woods Townshipin other towns
Murdock Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Murdock
B
395 students11:1Rate it →
MACCRAY Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Clara City
320 students10:1Rate it →
MACCRAY Secondary
High · Grades 6–12 · Clara City
C
402 students14:1Rate it →
Kerkhoven Secondary
High · Grades 7–12 · Kerkhoven
C
382 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Woods Township’s schools

Are Woods Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Woods Township. Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and MACCRAY School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Woods Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Minnesota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Woods Township in?

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg and MACCRAY School District.

Where do Woods Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: MACCRAY Secondary and Kerkhoven 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.