Elementary Schools in Colome School District 59-3

Summary:

The Colome Consolidated 59-3 school district in South Dakota contains a single elementary school, Colome Elementary - 02, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.

Colome Elementary - 02 has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, going from 129th out of 300 schools in 2024-2025 to 144th out of 201 schools in 2023-2024, and then 170th out of 204 schools in 2022-2023. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments has been mixed, with some grade levels performing above the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, while others are below the state average. In 2024-2025, the school had a 60% proficiency rate in ELA and a 44% proficiency rate in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 50.93% and 43.49%, respectively. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate was 36.36% in 2024-2025, slightly below the state average of 40.54%.

Colome Elementary - 02 has a relatively small student population of 78 students and a high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, with 58.97% of students qualifying in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $17,538, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9, which is relatively low compared to the state average. However, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% in the 2024-2025 school year, which is higher than the state average.

District Detail

105 Carr St
Colome, SD 57528

(605) 842-1624

SchoolDigger Rank:
78^th of 147 South Dakota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 135

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Colome Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	105 Carr St	Colome	57528	Tripp County	Colome School District 59-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 842-1624	65	9	7.5	53.8%	43 (66.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (20.0%)	2 (3.1%)	6 (9.2%)	59	129^th of 300 public elementary schools	57.0%		34.8	144^th of 201 public elementary schools	28.4%	15	100.0	58.3	54.5	60.0	100.0	58.3	18.2	44.0	36.4	$20,079	$3,115	$16,965

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Winner School District 59-2	10.09 mi	3	117^th
Gregory School District 26-4	15.09 mi	3	61^st
South Central School District 26-5	22.33 mi	2	56^th
Burke School District 26-2	22.33 mi	3	42^nd
Platte - Geddes School District 11-5	33.14 mi	5	46^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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