Bigelow’s public schools score below 76% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Bigelow’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
What Bigelow’s schools are like
Below what its incomes would suggest
Statewide, Bigelow’s schools beat 24% of districts. Among the 1,569 towns with similar household incomes, they beat just 3%. Most towns with comparable incomes get noticeably better results. How it compares ↓
Bigelow shares its schools with neighboring towns
Every school on Bigelow’s path is shared: Prairie Elementary, Intermediate School, Worthington Middle and Worthington Senior High. Worthington and Ransom send their kids to all the same schools. The high school earns the best grade on the path (C+); the elementary school earns the lowest (C−). See the path ↓
Fewer students graduate on time
74% of students graduate on time, 10 points below the state’s 84%.
Less money per student than most
Bigelow spends 15% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Bigelow compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- 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 Bigelow.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Bigelow vs. its neighbors
Bigelow’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Minnesota districts.
Every school in Bigelow
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Bigelow families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Bigelow
There’s no college in Bigelow, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, 28.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Bigelow. 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 and graduation rates, graded within Minnesota. Stars are from neighbors.