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Schools in Aurena Township

Aurena Township’s public schools

Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 and Velva Public School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Aurena Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above North Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in North Dakota’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
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.9K
▼ 11% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024 · Velva Public School District 1
Students per teacher
10.7
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
621 students on the public path
In brief

Aurena Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Aurena Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Turtle Lake-Mercer Elementary School places highest (better than 69%); Velva High School lowest (56%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Aurena Township, graded from B to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Velva High School and Turtle Lake-Mercer High School. 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 Aurena Township, with each school’s own grade.

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

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72.

Two districts serve Aurena Township

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

Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 182 students · 8.3 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$17,125ND $16,642 · FY2024
B−
Velva Public School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 439 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$14,854ND $16,642 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 7242%
State average 43.8% · 92 students tested
Math · PK–12, Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 7247%
State average 38.6% · 92 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Velva Public School District 153%
State average 43.8% · 249 students tested
Math · PK–12, Velva Public School District 145%
State average 38.6% · 249 students tested

Aurena Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the North Dakota towns that share Aurena Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Aurena Township—Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 PK–12 · Velva Public School District 1 PK–12
Byersville—Velva Public School District 1 PK–12 · Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 PK–12
Horseshoe Valley—Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72
Medicine Hill—Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72

All 3 neighbors share Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 with Aurena Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Aurena Township

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Dakota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Aurena Townshipin other towns
Velva Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Velva
B
217 students11:1Rate it →
Turtle Lake-Mercer Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Turtle Lake
B+
97 students10:1Rate it →
Velva High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Velva
B
222 students14:1Rate it →
Turtle Lake-Mercer High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Turtle Lake
B
85 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Aurena Township’s schools

Are Aurena Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Aurena Township. Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 and Velva Public School District 1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Aurena Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Aurena Township in?

Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 and Velva Public School District 1.

Where do Aurena Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Velva High School and Turtle Lake-Mercer High 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.