Barney’s public schools beat 55% of North Dakota districts
The public schools Barney’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 55% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How Barney compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Dakota’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 North Dakota 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 Barney (some depend on your address).
Parts of Barney are served by Hankinson Public School District 8.
Two districts serve Barney
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Barney vs. its neighbors
Barney’s schools rank 3rd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among North Dakota districts.
Every school in Barney
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Barney families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Barney
There’s no college in Barney, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, 16.4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Barney. 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 North Dakota. Stars are from neighbors.