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Schools in Prairie Centre Township

Prairie Centre Township’s public schools

Park River Area Public School District 8 and Minto Public School District 20 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie Centre Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/4schools above North Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
44%
2021–22
Math proficiency
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.4K
▼ 26% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024 · Park River Area Public School District 8
Students per teacher
8.8
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
766 students on the public path
In brief

Prairie Centre Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Prairie Centre Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Park River Area High School places highest (better than 37%); Minto High School lowest (7%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Prairie Centre Township, graded from C− to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Park River Area High School and Minto 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 Prairie Centre 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 addressD to C+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Park River Area Public School District 8.

Two districts serve Prairie Centre Township

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

Park River Area Public School District 8Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 470 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.3 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$12,372ND $16,642 · FY2024
B−
Minto Public School District 20Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 296 students, up 1% since 2020–21 · 7.2 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$13,090ND $16,642 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Park River Area Public School District 844%
State average 43.8% · 249 students tested
Math · PK–12, Park River Area Public School District 840%
State average 38.6% · 250 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Minto Public School District 2032%
State average 43.8% · 136 students tested
Math · PK–12, Minto Public School District 2022%
State average 38.6% · 136 students tested

Prairie Centre Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Prairie Centre Township—Park River Area Public School District 8 PK–12 · Minto Public School District 20 PK–12
Walsh Centre—Minto Public School District 20 PK–12 · Grafton Public School District 18 PK–12
Rushford—Park River Area Public School District 8
Ops—Midway Public School District 128 PK–12 · Park River Area Public School District 8 PK–12

2 of the 3 neighbors share Park River Area Public School District 8 with Prairie Centre Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Prairie Centre 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 Prairie Centre Townshipin other towns
Park River Area Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Park River
C−
275 students9:1Rate it →
Minto Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Minto
C
220 students8:1Rate it →
Park River Area High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Park River
C+
195 students13:1Rate it →
Minto High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Minto
D
76 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Prairie Centre Township’s schools

Are Prairie Centre Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Prairie Centre Township. Park River Area Public School District 8 and Minto Public School District 20 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie Centre Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Prairie Centre Township in?

Park River Area Public School District 8 and Minto Public School District 20.

Where do Prairie Centre Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Park River Area High School and Minto 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.