Schools · Fountain Prairie

Fountain Prairie, MN schools

Fountain Prairie’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend RTR Elementary School through grade 5, then RTR Secondary School.

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

BSchool Grade

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Fountain Prairie’s School Grade: B

The public schools Fountain Prairie’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 57%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,019)Better than 34%

Towns in Pipestone County (12)Better than 75%

High confidence. Built on 819 tested students and a graduating class of 71; 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 Fountain Prairie kids go to school

Grades PK–5

A-RTR Elementary School 266 students · Tyler RTR Public Schools

Grades 6–12

C+RTR Secondary School 380 students · Tyler RTR Public Schools

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 (Pipestone Area)42%

State average 52.5%

Reading (grades PK–12, RTR)55%

State average 52.5%

Math (Pipestone Area)36%

State average 44.2%

Math (grades PK–12, RTR)50%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate

87%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Fountain Prairie

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Pipestone Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,138 students

$15,364 per studentMN $17,091C+🏫

RTR Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 646 students

$14,468 per studentMN $17,091A-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Fountain Prairie

There’s no college in Fountain Prairie, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is South Dakota State University in Brookings, 28.6 miles away.

South Dakota State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Brookings28.6 mi9,372 students

Institute of Lutheran TheologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Brookings28.7 mi

Straight-line distance from the center of Fountain Prairie. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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