Balkan’s public schools score below 58% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Balkan’s kids attend trail 58% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Balkan compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Minnesota only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Balkan.
Parts of Balkan are served by Hibbing Public School District.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Balkan vs. its neighbors
Balkan’s schools rank 3rd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Minnesota districts.
Every school in Balkan
1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Balkan families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Balkan
There’s no college in Balkan, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Minnesota North College in Hibbing, 8.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Balkan. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Minnesota. Stars are from neighbors.