Schools · Hettinger

Hettinger, ND schools

Hettinger’s public schools score above North Dakota’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 42.3% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 86.6%. Kids attend Hettinger Elementary School.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Hettinger’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Hettinger’s kids attend trail 62% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+Test scores
North Dakota school districts we grade (148)Better than 38%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Dakota towns with similar household incomes (235)Better than 35%
Lower confidence. Built on 134 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Dakota’s state tests, each against the state average. 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.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Dakota 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 North Dakota 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 Hettinger kids go to school

Grades PK–6
C+Hettinger Elementary School 172 students · Hettinger Hettinger Public School District 13

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–6, Hettinger Public School District 13)47%
State average 42.3%
Math (grades PK–6, Hettinger Public School District 13)32%
State average 38.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate
75%
ND: 86.6%
Graduating class
15
students

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

Districts

The district serving Hettinger

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

Within reach

Colleges near Hettinger

There’s no college within 30 miles of Hettinger. The closest is Dickinson State University in Dickinson, ND, 61.3 miles away.

Dickinson State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Dickinson61.3 mi1,064 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Hettinger. 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.

Every school

All 2 schools in Hettinger

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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