Schools · Spruce Hill

Spruce Hill, MN schools

Spruce Hill’s public schools score above Minnesota’s averages: 57% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend one of 7 schools through grade 6, then Discovery Middle School or PARKERS PRAIRIE SECONDARY and Alexandria Area High School or PARKERS PRAIRIE SECONDARY.

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

A-School Grade

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Spruce Hill’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Spruce Hill’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresA-Graduation

Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 83%

Lower resultsHigher results

Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,476)Better than 89%

Towns in Douglas County (20)Better than 0%

High confidence. Built on 2,177 tested students and a graduating class of 294; 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 Spruce Hill kids go to school

Grades PK–6

7 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Alexandria Public School District

Grades 7–12

B+Discovery Middle School or B-PARKERS PRAIRIE SECONDARY Depends on your address Alexandria Public School District

Grades 12

BAlexandria Area High School or B-PARKERS PRAIRIE SECONDARY Depends on your address Alexandria 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

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Alexandria Public)57%

State average 52.5%

Reading (Parkers Prairie Public)48%

State average 52.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Alexandria Public)55%

State average 44.2%

Math (Parkers Prairie Public)49%

State average 44.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

94% graduate on time

Graduation rate

94%

MN: 84.4%

Graduating class

294

students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Spruce Hill

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Alexandria Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 4,034 students

$14,893 per studentMN $17,091A 🏫

Parkers Prairie Public School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 531 students

$14,781 per studentMN $17,091B+

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

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