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White Rock Colony Elementary - 03

Public Grades K-8
257th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 300 South Dakota Elementary Schools
Better than 14% of South Dakota elementary schools
Summary

White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 is a small public elementary school located in Rosholt, South Dakota, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 21 students. The school is part of the Rosholt School District 54-4, which is ranked 125 out of 147 school districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 consistently underperforms compared to the Rosholt School District and the state of South Dakota in standardized test scores, with only 21.43% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 7.14% proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.2% to 25% in recent years, and a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 85% to 85.71% in recent years. In the 2024-2025 school year, White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 ranked 257 out of 300 South Dakota elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Interestingly, the closest neighboring school, Rosholt Elementary - 02, which is also part of the Rosholt School District 54-4, performs significantly better than White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 on academic measures, with 46.51% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 55.81% proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year. The high rates of chronic absenteeism and economic disadvantage among the student population at White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 may be contributing factors to the school's low academic performance, and the district may need to re-evaluate its strategies and resources to better support this small, rural school.

22
Students ?
11.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,013
Per pupil spending ?
86.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 47788 102nd St
       Rosholt, SD  57260

(605) 537-4790

District: Rosholt School District 54-4


Students who attend White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 usually attend:

High:    Rosholt High School - 01
Racial breakdown:

White:
100.0%
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At a glance
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the South Dakota average (13% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (14th percentile)
!Science scores 43 pts below the South Dakota average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school13%
District avg39%
South Dakota avg47%
Elementary school
257th of 300
South Dakota public elementary schools ?
Bottom 14%
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
221st of 246
South Dakota public middle schools ?
Bottom 10%
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Rosholt School District 54-4
125th of 147Rosholt School District 54-4 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)44th percentile+30 vs school
Male (2025)17th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)15th percentile~ school
White (2025)7th percentile-7 vs school
Special Education (2025)2nd percentile-12 vs school
Middle school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile~ school
White (2025)6th percentile-5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)3rd percentile-7 vs school
Male (2025)2nd percentile-8 vs school
Special Education (2025)1st percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs South Dakota (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts21%-30 vs state
Mathematics7%-36 vs state
Science0%-43 vs state

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Students at White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 are 100% White.

White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 ranks in the bottom 14.3% of South Dakota elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 22 students attended White Rock Colony Elementary - 03.

Students who attend White Rock Colony Elementary - 03 usually go on to attend:

High : Rosholt High School - 01


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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