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Schools in New Prairie Township

New Prairie Township’s public schools

Sawyer Public School District 16 and Surrey Public School District 41 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above North Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 95% 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
30%
2021–22
Math proficiency
10%
2021–22
Spent per student
$13.9K
▼ 16% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024 · Surrey Public School District 41
Students per teacher
10.1
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
530 students on the public path
In brief

New Prairie Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of New Prairie Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Surrey High School places highest (better than 37%); Surrey Elementary School lowest (20%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve New Prairie Township, graded from C− to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Surrey High School and Sawyer 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 New Prairie Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sawyer Public School District 16.

Two districts serve New Prairie Township

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

Sawyer Public School District 16Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 94 students, up 68% since 2021–22 · 5.7 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$30,329ND $16,642 · FY2024
Surrey Public School District 41Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 436 students · 12.1 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$13,900ND $16,642 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Sawyer Public School District 1630%
State average 43.8% · 26 students tested · the state reports 21–39%
Math · PK–12, Sawyer Public School District 1610%
State average 38.6% · 28 students tested · the state reports 0–20%
Reading · PK–12, Surrey Public School District 4145%
State average 43.8% · 227 students tested
Math · PK–12, Surrey Public School District 4132%
State average 38.6% · 228 students tested

New Prairie Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Prairie Township—Sawyer Public School District 16 PK–12 · Surrey Public School District 41 PK–12
SundreCMinot Public School District 1
North Prairie—Velva Public School District 1
Surrey—Surrey Public School District 41
Sawyer—Sawyer Public School District 16
NedroseC−Nedrose Public School District 4

Every school in New Prairie 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 New Prairie Townshipin other towns
Surrey Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Surrey
C−
230 students14:1Rate it →
Sawyer Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Sawyer
C
74 students6:1Rate it →
Surrey High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Surrey
C+
206 students11:1Rate it →
Sawyer High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Sawyer
20 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about New Prairie Township’s schools

Are New Prairie Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Prairie Township. Sawyer Public School District 16 and Surrey Public School District 41 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Prairie Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Prairie Township in?

Sawyer Public School District 16 and Surrey Public School District 41.

Where do New Prairie Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Surrey High School and Sawyer High School.

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What New Prairie Township families are saying about 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.