Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93

Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93 is a small public virtual middle school serving grades 7-8 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. With just 23 students enrolled, the school is part of the Wessington Springs School District 36-2, which is ranked 127 out of 147 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93 is performing significantly below the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics, particularly in 8th grade where proficiency rates were only 18.18% and 0% respectively in 2024-2025. In comparison, the nearby Wessington Springs Junior High - 04 school, also part of the Wessington Springs School District, had slightly better but still relatively low proficiency rates. The cyber school has also experienced high and fluctuating chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 11.5% to 37.5% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the 20.2% rate at Wessington Springs Junior High - 04.

Additionally, the student-teacher ratio at Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93 has varied greatly, from 13 students per teacher in 2021-2022 to 74.1 students per teacher in 2023-2024, compared to a more stable and lower ratio of 12.8 at Wessington Springs Junior High - 04. The cyber school's spending per student, while increasing from $6,568 in 2020-2021 to $7,542 in 2023-2024, is still lower than the $13,688 per student spent at the nearby traditional middle school. These factors suggest the need for the Wessington Springs School District to closely examine the operations and effectiveness of the cyber school and implement targeted interventions to improve student outcomes.