Summary:
The 57030 zip code in South Dakota is home to a single elementary school, Garretson Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-5 with 248 students. The school is part of the Garretson School District 49-4, which is ranked 100 out of 147 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Garretson Elementary - 02 has a statewide ranking of 172 out of 300 South Dakota elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 2-star rating. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) are generally below the state averages across all grade levels, while its Mathematics proficiency rates are closer to or above the state average. Additionally, the school faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% and a relatively low per-student spending of $11,417 for the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite these challenges, the school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 47.06% is higher than the state average of 40.54%. The school's student-teacher ratio of 14.4 for the 2023-2024 school year is also relatively low, suggesting a potentially more personalized learning environment. Overall, Garretson Elementary - 02 has room for improvement in its academic performance, particularly in ELA, and addressing the high chronic absenteeism rate could be a key focus area for the school and district.
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