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Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05

Public Grades K-8

250^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 300 South Dakota Elementary Schools

Better than 17% of South Dakota elementary schools

Summary

Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 is a small public elementary school located in Garden City, South Dakota, serving grades K-8 with an enrollment of just 32 students. The school is part of the Clark School District 12-2, which is ranked 128 out of 147 districts in the state and has an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger.

Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 consistently underperforms compared to the state and its own district on standardized tests, with only 18.18% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 50.93% and 43.49% statewide, respectively. The school also has very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.2% to 3.2% over the past few years, and a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 90.62% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. As a result, Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 is ranked 250 out of 300 elementary schools in South Dakota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is among the lowest-performing schools in the state.

Interestingly, Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 performs significantly worse than the other nearby schools in the Clark School District, such as Clark Elementary - 02, which ranks 118 out of 300 schools and has much higher proficiency rates in ELA and Math. The school also underperforms compared to other small, rural schools like Silver Lake Colony - 07 and Clark Colony Elementary - 05. Additionally, the school's proficiency rates in ELA and Math have been declining over the past few years, from 16.67% in 2021-2022 to just 9.52% in 2023-2024, suggesting the school is facing increasing challenges in supporting student learning.

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,141

Per pupil spending ?

90.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1004 Hillcrest Dr
Garden City, SD 57236

(605) 532-3606

District: Clark School District 12-2

Students who attend Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 usually attend:

High:

Clark High School - 01

Racial breakdown:

White:

100.0%

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At a glance

Worth a look

!Test scores below the South Dakota average (17% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg33%

South Dakota avg47%

Elementary school

250^th of 300

South Dakota public elementary schools ?

Bottom 17%

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

198^th of 246

South Dakota public middle schools ?

Bottom 20%

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Elementary Schools in the Clark School District 12-2

128^th of 147Clark School District 12-2 among South Dakota districts

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2025)48th percentile+31 vs school

Male (2025)21st percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)17th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)16th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)10th percentile-7 vs school

White (2025)9th percentile-7 vs school

Middle school

Special Education (2025)43rd percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)38th percentile+19 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+3 vs school

White (2025)13th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2025)1st percentile-19 vs school

By subject vs South Dakota (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts18%-33 vs state

Mathematics18%-25 vs state

Science10%-34 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05	Public	K-8	1004 Hillcrest Dr	Garden City	57236	Clark County	Clark School District 12-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 532-3606	31	2	15.5	90.3%	31 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.1	250^th of 300 public elementary schools	16.7%					(n/a)	50.0	0.0	25.0	0.0	33.3	0.0	18.2	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	18.2	25.0	0.0	10.0	$11,141	$34	$11,106
Clark Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	200 2nd Ave NW	Clark	57225	Clark County	Clark School District 12-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 532-3606	212	17	12.1	26.4%	180 (84.9%)	1 (0.5%)	21 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	61.5	118^th of 300 public elementary schools	60.7%		57.1	91^st of 201 public elementary schools	54.7%	27	53.6	47.1	64.5				54.8	57.1	50.0	45.2				50.5	38.7			$11,695	$711	$10,984
Silver Lake Colony - 07	Public	K-8	17354 430th Ave	Clark	57225	Clark County	Clark School District 12-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 532-3606	16	2	8.0	81.3%	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43.1	190^th of 300 public elementary schools	36.7%					(n/a)	0.0	0.0	50.0	80.0	0.0	50.0	42.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	60.0	0.0	0.0	21.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	$16,690	$34	$16,656
Henry Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	111 N Cedar	Henry	57243	Codington County	Henry School District 14-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 532-5364	93	10	9.5	49.5%	87 (93.5%)	5 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33.5	220^th of 300 public elementary schools	26.7%		26.9	158^th of 201 public elementary schools	21.4%	62	35.3	40.0	28.6				34.8	41.2	40.0	0.0				28.3	28.6			$14,113	$611	$13,502
Fordham Colony Elementary - 04	Public	K-8	533 Fordham Dr	Carpenter	57322	Clark County	Clark School District 12-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 532-3606	42	3	14.0		42 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.6	252^nd of 300 public elementary schools	16.0%					(n/a)	0.0	33.3	33.3	0.0	33.3	0.0	18.5	25.0	16.7	16.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	16.7	0.0	9.1	$10,821	$34	$10,787
Mayfield Colony Elementary - 04	Public	K-8	43188 Mayfield Rd	Willow Lake	57278	Clark County	Willow Lake School District 12-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 625-5945	31	2	15.5		31 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38.6	206^th of 300 public elementary schools	31.3%					(n/a)	0.0	33.3	50.0	75.0	33.3		41.2	33.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	33.3		17.7	50.0			$10,730	$95	$10,635
Florence Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	515 Main Ave	Florence	57235	Codington County	Florence School District 14-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 758-2412	179	11	16.1	32.4%	172 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54.3	147^th of 300 public elementary schools	51.0%		27.8	157^th of 201 public elementary schools	21.9%	10	46.2	48.2	50.0				48.1	61.5	44.5	37.5				48.1	33.3			$12,574	$716	$11,858
Clark Colony Elementary - 05	Public	K-8	41181 179th St	Raymond	57258	Spink County	Doland School District 56-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 635-6302	24	2	11.5		23 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44	186^th of 300 public elementary schools	38.0%					(n/a)	66.7		0.0	50.0	100.0	50.0	50.0	100.0		0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05

What district is Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 in?

Clark School District 12-2

What is the racial makeup of Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05?

Students at Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 are 100% White.

Is Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 a good school?

Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 ranks in the bottom 16.7% of South Dakota elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 attend?

Students who attend Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 usually go on to attend:

High : Clark High School - 01

How many students attend Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05?

In the 2024-25 school year, 31 students attended Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05.

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