Photo: Brenda Riskey · Public domainGrand Forks Township’s public schools
Grand Forks Public School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grand Forks Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 97% 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
Grand Forks Township’s schools, in brief
School by school
12 of Grand Forks Township’s 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Nathan Twining Elementary School places highest (better than 90%); Winship Elementary School lowest (8%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
11 elementary schools serve Grand Forks Township, graded from D to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and three high schools: Red River High School, Central High School and Community Alternative 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 Grand Forks Township, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in Grand Forks Township · depends on your address
Red River High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,190 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Central High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,115 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Community Alternative High School
Grades 9–12 · 73 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
10th grade in Grand Forks Township · depends on your address
Red River High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,190 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Central High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,115 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Community Alternative High School
Grades 9–12 · 73 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
11th grade in Grand Forks Township · depends on your address
Red River High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,190 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Central High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,115 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Community Alternative High School
Grades 9–12 · 73 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
12th grade in Grand Forks Township · depends on your address
Red River High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,190 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Central High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,115 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Community Alternative High School
Grades 9–12 · 73 students · 8:1 students per teacher · in Grand Forks
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Grand Forks Public School District 1.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Grand Forks Township vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Dakota towns that share Grand Forks Township’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Forks Township | — | Grand Forks Public School District 1 |
| Grand Forks (city) | C+ | Grand Forks Public School District 1 |
| Walle | — | Grand Forks Public School District 1 PK–12 · Thompson Public School District 61 K–12 |
| Brenna | — | Grand Forks Public School District 1 PK–12 · Thompson Public School District 61 K–12 |
All 3 neighbors share Grand Forks Public School District 1 with Grand Forks Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Bygland, MN, Huntsville, MN and Rhinehart, MN border Grand Forks Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.
Every school in Grand Forks Township
18 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).
Questions about Grand Forks Township’s schools
Are Grand Forks Township’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Grand Forks Township. Grand Forks Public School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grand Forks Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 12 of its 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Grand Forks Township in?
Grand Forks Public School District 1.
Where do Grand Forks Township kids go to high school?
One of three high schools, depending on your address: Red River High School, Central High School and Community Alternative High School.
Parents talk
What Grand Forks Township families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Grand Forks 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.