Summary:
Dupree, South Dakota has only one elementary school, Dupree Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-6. The school is part of the Dupree School District 64-2, which is ranked 141 out of 147 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Dupree Elementary - 02 has a ranking of 228 out of 300 South Dakota elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 1-star rating. The school's academic performance is consistently low, with only 30.77% of students proficient in ELA and 30.76% proficient in Math, compared to state averages of 50.93% and 43.49%, respectively. Additionally, the school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate is 24.14%, well below the state average of 40.54%. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2%.
Despite the high level of funding, with $20,236 spent per student and a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 to 1, the school's academic outcomes remain poor. This suggests that the school and district need to address systemic issues to improve the quality of education for the students of Dupree Elementary - 02, who all come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds as indicated by the 100% free or reduced-price lunch rate.
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