Summary:
The city of Colome, South Dakota, is home to a single elementary school, Colome Elementary - 02, which serves students from the Colome Consolidated 59-3 district. This small school has faced some academic and attendance challenges in recent years, but also benefits from a relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student funding.
Colome Elementary - 02 has seen fluctuating performance on the Smarter Balanced Assessments, with the school performing above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) for all grades, 3rd grade, and 4th grade in 2024-2025, but below the state average in Mathematics for all grades and 5th grade. In the previous year, 2023-2024, the school's performance was below the state average in both ELA and Mathematics for all grades. Additionally, the school's 5th grade science proficiency rate was below the state average in both 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
Another area of concern for Colome Elementary - 02 is its high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% in 2024-2025, which is quite high and could be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance challenges. The school's demographic and funding characteristics, such as a high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients and higher per-student spending, suggest that the school may be serving a socioeconomically disadvantaged community, which could have implications for the resources and support needed to address these issues.
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