Summary:
The Winner School District 59-2 in South Dakota has only one elementary school, Winner Elementary - 04, which serves students from kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance has declined over the past three years, with a low SchoolDigger rating of 1 out of 5 stars and a ranking of 148th out of 204 South Dakota elementary schools in the 2022-2023 school year.
Academically, Winner Elementary - 04 lags behind the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 38.56%, compared to the district's 41.79% and the state's 50.93%. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate was also lower than the district and state averages in 2024-2025 (32% vs. 32% and 40.54%, respectively). Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (35.82% in 2023-2024), indicating a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students.
Despite the school's higher per-student spending ($10,605 in 2023-2024) and lower student-teacher ratio (14.9) compared to the national average, it is still underperforming. This suggests that simply allocating more resources may not be the sole solution, and other factors, such as instructional practices, curriculum, and school leadership, may need to be examined to address the underlying issues and improve the school's performance.
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