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Schools in Towner

Towner’s public schools

TGU Public School District 60 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Towner. 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
42%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.4K
▲ 16% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.0
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
229 students on the public path
In brief

Towner’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Towner’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Tgu-Towner Elementary School places highest (better than 37%); Tgu-Towner 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 Towner, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Tgu-Towner Elementary SchoolTGU Public School District 60C+
9–12Tgu-Towner High SchoolTGU Public School District 60D

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the TGU Public School District 60.

The district

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

TGU Public School District 60Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 353 students, up 2% since 2021–22 · 10.0 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$19,369ND $16,642 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 43.8% · 192 students tested
Math22%
State average 38.6% · 192 students tested

Towner vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Towner—TGU Public School District 60

Every school in Towner

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).

District schools in Townerby address
Tgu-Towner Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
154 students11:1Rate it →
Tgu-Towner High School
High · Grades 9–12
D
75 students13:1Rate it →

Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Tgu Virtual Elementary School and Tgu Virtual High School).

Questions about Towner’s schools

Are Towner’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Towner. TGU Public School District 60 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Towner. 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 Towner in?

TGU Public School District 60.

Where do Towner kids go to high school?

Tgu-Towner 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.