Summary:
The Winner School District 59-2 in South Dakota has only one high school, Winner High School - 01, which serves 210 students. While the school's four-year graduation rate of 86.4% is respectable, its academic performance in key subjects like mathematics and science lags behind both district and state averages.
In the 2024-2025 school year, only 26.83% of 11th-grade students at Winner High School - 01 were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 36.27% statewide. The school's science proficiency rate for 11th-graders was also low at 36.59%, well below the state average of 48.95%. This underperformance in core academic areas is concerning and suggests the school may need to focus on improving its instructional practices and resource allocation to better support student learning.
Despite spending $11,247 per student, which is higher than the state average, Winner High School - 01's statewide ranking has declined from 84th out of 141 South Dakota high schools in 2023-2024 to 107th out of 166 in 2024-2025. This trend indicates the school may be struggling to translate its resources into improved student outcomes, and it could benefit from a closer examination of its strategies and priorities to better serve its students.
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