Best High Schools in Alcester, SD

The city of Alcester, South Dakota is home to a single high school, Alcester-Hudson High School, which serves grades 9-12. With an enrollment of 111 students, the school has a student-teacher ratio of 12.3, slightly lower than the state average.

Academically, Alcester-Hudson High School demonstrates strengths in English Language Arts (ELA), with 80.77% of 11th-grade students proficient or better, significantly higher than the state average of 63.84%. However, the school's performance in Mathematics is lower, with only 26.92% of 11th-grade students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 36.27%. In Science, the school outperforms the state, with 57.69% of 11th-grade students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 48.95%. The school's overall ELA proficiency rate across all grades is 77.78%, much higher than the state average of 50.93%, while its overall Mathematics proficiency rate is 25.93%, slightly lower than the state average of 43.49%.

Alcester-Hudson High School's graduation rate of 86.4% is slightly lower than the state average, and its dropout rate of 2.6% is relatively low. The school's statewide ranking and SchoolDigger rating have fluctuated over the past few years, indicating potential instability or changes in the school's performance. Overall, Alcester-Hudson High School appears to be a mixed performer, with strengths in ELA and Science but weaknesses in Mathematics, and its graduation and dropout rates close to but not quite at the state average levels.