Summary:
Garretson School District 49-4 in South Dakota has only one middle school, Garretson Middle School - 03, which serves grades 6-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, ranking as high as 48th out of 147 schools in 2023-2024 but dropping to 93rd out of 150 schools in 2022-2023.
Garretson Middle School - 03 has seen mixed academic outcomes, with its proficiency rates in English Language Arts (52.88%) and Mathematics (40.38%) both falling below the state averages in 2024-2025. However, the school's 7th-grade ELA proficiency rate (63.41%) was higher than the state average (53.14%). The school's 8th-grade science proficiency rate (34.48%) was lower than the state average (42.51%). Despite these challenges, the school has a relatively small student population of 97 and a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.3, which is below the state average.
While the school's higher per-student spending of $11,946 and smaller class sizes suggest access to more resources, the school's performance remains inconsistent. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% in 2024-2025 is also a concern, as high rates of chronic absenteeism can negatively impact student learning and academic achievement. Overall, Garretson School District 49-4 and its lone middle school face the challenge of improving academic outcomes and addressing issues like chronic absenteeism to better support student success.
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