Summary:
The Waubay School District 18-3 in South Dakota is home to three schools: Waubay Elementary - 02, Waubay High School - 01, and Waubay Middle School - 03. These schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and provide a range of educational opportunities in the Waubay area.
Among the standout schools in the district, Waubay Elementary - 02 has consistently outperformed the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the Smarter Balanced Assessments. In the 2024-2025 school year, 5th-grade students at Waubay Elementary - 02 achieved 66.66% proficiency in ELA and 66.67% proficiency in Mathematics, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school has also maintained a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2%. In contrast, Waubay High School - 01 has shown impressive improvement, moving from a 0-star rating in 2021-2022 to a 5-star rating in 2023-2024, with a high 4-year graduation rate of 86.4% in the 2024-2025 school year, outperforming the district and state. However, the school's test scores in ELA and Mathematics for 11th and 12th-grade students are significantly lower than the district and state averages, indicating an area for improvement.
Across the district, the schools share some common challenges, such as a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 48.15% to 61.76% in the 2023-2024 school year. The student-teacher ratios also vary, with Waubay Elementary - 02 having the lowest ratio at 6.8 students per teacher and Waubay High School - 01 having the highest ratio at 12.3 students per teacher. These factors may contribute to the differences in academic performance observed across the district.
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