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Schools in Reed Township · West Fargo Public School District 6, Fargo Public School District 1

Reed Township’s public schools outscore 50% of North Dakota districts

The grade covers the two public school districts serving Reed Township, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within North Dakota, not nationally.

From North Dakota state tests taken in spring 2022, when 97% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
44%
▲ 1 pts vs ND 44%
2021–22
Math proficiency
41%
▲ 2 pts vs ND 39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
81%
▼ 2 pts vs ND 83%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.6K
▼ 12% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024 · West Fargo Public School District 6
Students per teacher
11.6
ND 11.5
Schools in town
0
24,002 students on the public path
In brief

Reed Township’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 278 North Dakota towns with household incomes within a quarter of Reed Township’s, its schools beat 35%, lower than their 50% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Above the state on tests

Reading proficiency is 44% and math 41% across both districts in spring 2022, against 44% and 39% statewide; 81% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 83%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

West Fargo Public School District 6 spends $14,624 per student and Fargo Public School District 1 $18,846, against $16,642 across North Dakota (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Reed Township’s grade

B− Test scoresC+ Graduation

B−: better than 50% of North Dakota school districts. Test scores are above the North Dakota average; graduation is below it.

North Dakota school districts we grade (152)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Dakota towns with similar household incomes (278)Better than 35%
Towns in Cass County (49)Better than 10%
C+BA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 11,854 test results and a graduating class of 882 could put Reed Township anywhere from C+ to B. The tests are from spring 2022, when 97% of Reed Township’s students in the tested grades sat them (11,894 in math, 11,814 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Reed Township, with each school’s own grade.

30 schools teach K in Reed Township’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A+, so check the specific school.
Centennial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B−
639 students15:1Rate it →
Bennett Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
A
622 students17:1Rate it →
Osgood Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B−
554 students13:1Rate it →
Independence Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B+
553 students13:1Rate it →
Horace Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Horace
A
548 students15:1Rate it →
Brooks Harbor Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B
537 students15:1Rate it →
Freedom Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B−
473 students13:1Rate it →
Kennedy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B−
469 students12:1Rate it →
Willow Park Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
461 students11:1Rate it →
Legacy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
A+
456 students13:1Rate it →
Ed Clapp Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
444 students9:1Rate it →
Lewis and Clark Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
439 students10:1Rate it →
Westside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
A−
397 students13:1Rate it →
Eastwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
C−
387 students10:1Rate it →
Longfellow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
A+
386 students15:1Rate it →
Deer Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
A
384 students10:1Rate it →
Meadowlark Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
379 students12:1Rate it →
Aurora Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B+
377 students12:1Rate it →
South Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B−
367 students11:1Rate it →
L E Berger Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
C
360 students11:1Rate it →
Horace Mann Roosevelt Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C+
344 students10:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C−
330 students9:1Rate it →
Clara Barton Hawthorne Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B
312 students12:1Rate it →
Washington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B
292 students10:1Rate it →
Eagles Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C−
292 students9:1Rate it →
Jefferson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
270 students8:1Rate it →
McKinley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C
169 students8:1Rate it →
Madison Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D−
134 students8:1Rate it →
Harwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Harwood
B+
97 students10:1Rate it →
Explorer Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Fargo
34 students1:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
K–530 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A+
6–88 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your addressD to A−

Reed Township runs its own schools through grade 12 (West Fargo Public School District 6). From grade PK, students attend the Fargo Public School District 1, shared with Briarwood, Fargo, Frontier, North River, Prairie Rose and Stanley. Its elementary school is in Fargo. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Reed Township

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

Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, West Fargo Public School District 643%
State average 43.8% · 6128 students tested
Math · PK–12, West Fargo Public School District 641%
State average 38.6% · 6176 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Fargo Public School District 146%
State average 43.8% · 5686 students tested
Math · PK–12, Fargo Public School District 140%
State average 38.6% · 5718 students tested

Reed Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Reed TownshipB−West Fargo Public School District 6 PK–12 · Fargo Public School District 1 PK–12
FargoB−Fargo Public School District 1 PK–12 · West Fargo Public School District 6 PK–12
Harwood—West Fargo Public School District 6
West FargoB−West Fargo Public School District 6
Reile's Acres—West Fargo Public School District 6
Raymond—West Fargo Public School District 6 PK–12 · Mapleton Public School District 7 PK–6
Harwood Township—West Fargo Public School District 6 PK–12 · Northern Cass Public School District 97 PK–12
North River—Fargo Public School District 1

6 of the 7 neighbors share West Fargo Public School District 6 with Reed Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Kragnes, MN and Oakport, MN border Reed Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Reed Township

45 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 Reed Townshipin other towns
Centennial Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B−
639 students15:1Rate it →
Bennett Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
A
622 students17:1Rate it →
Osgood Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B−
554 students13:1Rate it →
Independence Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B+
553 students13:1Rate it →
Horace Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Horace
A
548 students15:1Rate it →
Brooks Harbor Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B
537 students15:1Rate it →
Freedom Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B−
473 students13:1Rate it →
Kennedy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B−
469 students12:1Rate it →
Willow Park Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
461 students11:1Rate it →
Legacy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
A+
456 students13:1Rate it →
Ed Clapp Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
444 students9:1Rate it →
Lewis and Clark Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
439 students10:1Rate it →
Westside Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
A−
397 students13:1Rate it →
Eastwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
C−
387 students10:1Rate it →
Longfellow Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
A+
386 students15:1Rate it →
Deer Creek Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
A
384 students10:1Rate it →
Meadowlark Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
379 students12:1Rate it →
Aurora Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B+
377 students12:1Rate it →
South Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
B−
367 students11:1Rate it →
L E Berger Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · West Fargo
C
360 students11:1Rate it →
Horace Mann Roosevelt Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C+
344 students10:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C−
330 students9:1Rate it →
Clara Barton Hawthorne Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B
312 students12:1Rate it →
Washington Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
B
292 students10:1Rate it →
Eagles Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C−
292 students9:1Rate it →
Jefferson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D
270 students8:1Rate it →
McKinley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
C
169 students8:1Rate it →
Madison Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Fargo
D−
134 students8:1Rate it →
Harwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Harwood
B+
97 students10:1Rate it →
Explorer Academy
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Fargo
34 students1:1Rate it →
Liberty Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · West Fargo
C+
1,103 students10:1Rate it →
Cheney Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · West Fargo
B
1,006 students12:1Rate it →
Discovery Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fargo
A−
992 students13:1Rate it →
Ben Franklin Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fargo
B+
873 students12:1Rate it →
Heritage Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Horace
B+
799 students10:1Rate it →
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fargo
C
677 students12:1Rate it →
Self-Directed Academy
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fargo
16 students2:1Rate it →
West Fargo Sheyenne High School
High · Grades 9–12 · West Fargo
C
1,400 students14:1Rate it →
West Fargo High School
High · Grades 9–12 · West Fargo
C+
1,380 students13:1Rate it →
Fargo Davies High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fargo
C+
1,277 students13:1Rate it →
North High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fargo
A−
1,110 students13:1Rate it →
South High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fargo
C
898 students11:1Rate it →
Horace High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Horace
785 students7:1Rate it →
Dakota High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fargo
D
127 students13:1Rate it →
West Fargo Community High School
High · Grades 9–12 · West Fargo
53 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Reed Township’s schools

Are Reed Township’s schools good?

They sit near the middle of North Dakota: the public schools Reed Township children attend outscore 50% of North Dakota’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B− Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 35%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Reed Township in?

Two districts: West Fargo Public School District 6 runs grades PK–12, and Fargo Public School District 1 runs grades PK–12, shared with Briarwood, Fargo, Frontier, North River, Prairie Rose and Stanley.

Where do Reed Township kids go to high school?

One of 8 high schools, depending on your address: West Fargo Sheyenne High School, West Fargo High School, Fargo Davies High School, North High School, South High School, Horace High School, Dakota High School and West Fargo Community High School.

What is Reed Township’s graduation rate?

81% of the class of 2023 in Fargo Public School District 1 graduated in four years, against 83% across North Dakota.

How much does Reed Township spend per student?

$14,624 in West Fargo Public School District 6 and $18,846 in Fargo Public School District 1 (FY2024), against $16,642 across North Dakota. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within North Dakota. Stars are from neighbors.