Summary:
Flandreau School District 50-3 has four schools—two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school—with enrollments from 34 to 287. Results vary by school and subject: Flandreau Elementary is above the state in all-grade math, while Flandreau Middle and Flandreau High are below the state in math. The most important pattern is that math performance differs sharply by school and grade, rather than being uniformly strong or weak across the area.
Flandreau Elementary stands out in all-grade Smarter Balanced math, with 47% proficient versus 31% at Flandreau Middle and 44% statewide. Flandreau Middle leads reported all-grade ELA at 44%, while Pleasant Valley Colony Elementary is lowest at 25%; both are below the 49% state result. In science, Middle and Pleasant Valley each report 40%, compared with 42% statewide. High school ACT results are mixed: ELA is 53% and science 50%, above state results of 48% and 45%, while math is 25% versus 34% statewide. Because grade spans differ, all-grade comparisons are useful summaries rather than exact like-for-like rankings.
Results improved year over year at the two larger schools: Elementary gained 1 point in ELA and 10 in math, while Middle gained 5 in ELA, 7 in math and 12 in science. Pleasant Valley moved in opposite directions, with ELA down 10 points to 25% and science up 29 points to 40%; its current math result is suppressed. SchoolDigger rates the district 1 star, ranking it 98th of 126; its school rankings range from 73rd of 130 for High to 139th of 203 for Elementary, while Pleasant Valley’s latest listed rank is 255th of 300. Middle has a 10.1 student-teacher ratio, versus 12.4 at Elementary and 12.5 at High. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 52% at Middle, 51% at Elementary and 47% at High; these are context, not explanations for results.
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