Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Garness Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Schools in Garness Township

Garness Township’s public schools

Powers Lake Public School District 27 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garness Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.0K
▲ 8% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.0
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
221 students on the public path
In brief

Garness Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Garness Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Powers Lake Elementary School places highest (better than 37%); Powers Lake High School lowest (10%). 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 Garness Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Powers Lake Elementary Schoolin Powers LakeC+
9–12Powers Lake High Schoolin Powers LakeD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Powers Lake Public School District 27.

The district

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

Powers Lake Public School District 27Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 221 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 10.0 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$18,022ND $16,642 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 43.8% · 112 students tested
Math42%
State average 38.6% · 113 students tested

Garness Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garness Township—Powers Lake Public School District 27
Colville—Powers Lake Public School District 27
Lucy—Powers Lake Public School District 27
Vanville—Powers Lake Public School District 27
Powers—Powers Lake Public School District 27 PK–12 · Stanley Public School District 2 PK–12

All 4 neighbors share Powers Lake Public School District 27 with Garness Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Garness Township

2 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 Garness Townshipin other towns
Powers Lake Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Powers Lake
C+
152 students10:1Rate it →
Powers Lake High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Powers Lake
D
69 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Garness Township’s schools

Are Garness Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garness Township. Powers Lake Public School District 27 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garness Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Garness Township in?

Powers Lake Public School District 27.

Where do Garness Township kids go to high school?

Powers Lake High School.

Parents talk

What Garness Township families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Garness Township → They have their own page.

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.