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Schools in Grant Township

Grant Township’s public schools

Wisner-Pilger Public Schools and Pender Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grant Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/4schools above Nebraska’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Nebraska’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
62%
2021–22
Math proficiency
62%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.2K
▲ 23% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024 · Wisner-Pilger
Students per teacher
11.6
NE 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
929 students on the public path
In brief

Grant Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Grant Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. Pender Elementary School places highest (better than 99%); Wisner-Pilger High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Grant Township, graded from B+ to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools: Pender High School and Wisner-Pilger 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 Grant Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–62 schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A+
7–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wisner-Pilger Public Schools.

Two districts serve Grant Township

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

Wisner-Pilger Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 496 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 11.0 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$19,179NE $15,602 · FY2024
A
Pender Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 433 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$17,293NE $15,602 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Wisner-Pilger Public Schools62%
State average 47.1% · 195 students tested
Math · PK–12, Wisner-Pilger Public Schools62%
State average 46% · 195 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Pender Public Schools72%
State average 47.1% · 221 students tested
Math · PK–12, Pender Public Schools80%
State average 46% · 221 students tested

Grant Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Nebraska towns that share Grant Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Grant Township—Wisner-Pilger PK–12 · Pender PK–12
Beemer—West Point PK–12 · Wisner-Pilger PK–12
Cleveland—Pender
Blaine—Wisner-Pilger

2 of the 3 neighbors share Wisner-Pilger with Grant Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Grant Township

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Nebraska’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Grant Townshipin other towns
Wisner-Pilger Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Wisner
B+
306 students13:1Rate it →
Pender Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Pender
A+
242 students11:1Rate it →
Pender High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pender
A−
191 students13:1Rate it →
Wisner-Pilger High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Wisner
C+
190 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Grant Township’s schools

Are Grant Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Grant Township. Wisner-Pilger Public Schools and Pender Public Schools have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grant Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Grant Township in?

Wisner-Pilger Public Schools and Pender Public Schools.

Where do Grant Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Pender High School and Wisner-Pilger High School.

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What Grant 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.