Summary:
The 57057 zip code is home to a single middle school, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Junior High, which serves students in grades 6-8. This small school has a student population of just 63 and faces challenges in academic performance, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates lag significantly behind state averages.
Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Junior High ranked 173 out of 246 middle schools in South Dakota in the 2024-2025 school year, earning a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates are closer to the state average, but its mathematics proficiency rates are well below, with only 17.07% of students proficient across all grades, compared to 43.49% statewide. The school also has a higher-than-average chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2%, which could be contributing to the lower academic performance.
Despite the school's small size and low student-teacher ratio of 8.9, it spends $14,806 per student, which is above the state average. This raises questions about the efficient allocation of resources and the factors contributing to the school's underperformance. Additionally, the school serves a population with higher economic needs, with 31.75% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which may also be a factor in the school's academic challenges.
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