Schools · Dovre

Dovre, MN schools

Dovre’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 38% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 70% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Kennedy Elementary or Lakeland Elementary School or Roosevelt Elementary through grade 5, then Willmar Middle School and Willmar Senior High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Dovre’s School Grade: C

The public schools Dovre’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 72% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresC-Graduation
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 28%
Lower resultsHigher results
Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (779)Better than 3%
Towns in Kandiyohi County (24)Better than 0%
High confidence. Built on 1,902 tested students and a graduating class of 327; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path

Where Dovre kids go to school

Grades 6–8
C+Willmar Middle School 842 students · Willmar Willmar Public School District
Grades 9–12
B-Willmar Senior High 1,205 students · Willmar Willmar Public School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Willmar Public)38%
State average 52.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Willmar Public)34%
State average 44.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

70% graduate on time

Graduation rate
70%
MN: 84.4%
Graduating class
327
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Dovre

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Dovre

There’s no college in Dovre, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is Ridgewater College in Willmar, 4.1 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Dovre. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Dovre yet.

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