Todd County

South Todd Elementary School, North Todd Elementary School, Todd County Middle School, Todd County Central High School and Horizons High School are five schools serving grades PK–12 in Todd County, with enrollment ranging from 29 to 511. The clearest concern is middle-school performance: Todd County Middle scored below state results in all ten reported 2025–2026 comparisons, averaging 10 points below the state. Its grade 8 writing result was 20 points below the state, the widest gap.

North Todd has the strongest standout elementary scores: its grade 5 math result was 69%, compared with 49% at South Todd and 43% statewide. North also led South by 10 points in grade 5 reading, 11 in grade 4 science and 13 in grade 5 social studies. But South was stronger in grade 5 editing and mechanics by 14 points, and exceeded state results in 8 of 10 comparisons, versus North’s 7 of 10. Todd County Central was above the state in four of six results, tied in one and below in one, including a 10-point lead in grade 10 math. Horizons has no usable school-level test percentages, so its academic results cannot be compared.

SchoolDigger rankings rose from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 at South Todd (29th to 60th percentile), North Todd (16th to 68th) and Central (44th to 67th); Todd County Middle changed little, from the 16th to 17th percentile. The school-to-state gap improved by an average of 4 points at South and 5 points at the middle school, but the middle school remains below state results across all ten reported comparisons. Elementary enrollment and income measures are similar: in 2024–2025, South had 511 students, a 15.3 student–teacher ratio and 63% free/reduced lunch eligible; North had 442 students, a 14.9 ratio and 64% eligible. Those similarities accompany notably different subject results, rather than explaining them. Central also combines a 99% graduation rate with 31% chronic absenteeism, compared with 94% and 24% statewide.