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Schools in Turtle Lake

Turtle Lake’s public schools

Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Turtle Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools 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
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.1K
▲ 3% vs ND $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.3
ND 11.5 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
182 students on the public path
In brief

Turtle Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Turtle Lake’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Dakota’s 420 public schools. Turtle Lake-Mercer Elementary School places highest (better than 69%); Turtle Lake-Mercer High School lowest (56%). 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 Turtle Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Turtle Lake-Mercer Elementary SchoolTurtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72B+
7–12Turtle Lake-Mercer High SchoolTurtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72.

The district

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

Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 182 students · 8.3 per teacher (ND 11.5)
$17,125ND $16,642 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 43.8% · 92 students tested
Math47%
State average 38.6% · 92 students tested

Turtle Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Turtle Lake—Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72

Every school in Turtle Lake

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 Turtle Lakeby address
Turtle Lake-Mercer Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B+
97 students10:1Rate it →
Turtle Lake-Mercer High School
High · Grades 7–12
B
85 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Turtle Lake’s schools

Are Turtle Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Turtle Lake. Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Turtle Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Turtle Lake in?

Turtle Lake-Mercer Public School District 72.

Where do Turtle Lake kids go to high school?

Turtle Lake-Mercer 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.