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- ↑ "District". Ortonville Public School. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ↑ "ORTONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS schools for this district". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Big Stone County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lac qui Parle County, MN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ↑ "School District Consolidations". Minnesota House of Representatives . Retrieved August 11, 2021.
- ↑ "School district reorganization 1980-2020". Minnesota Department of Education . Retrieved August 11, 2021.
