Summary:
ZIP code 57059 has four schools serving students from elementary through high school: Scotland Elementary, Scotland Middle, and Scotland High in Scotland School District 04-3, plus Dawson Colony School in Bon Homme School District 04-2. The most important finding is that reported Smarter Balanced results vary sharply: Dawson leads in ELA and math, while Scotland Middle has the lowest results, especially in math.
Dawson Colony has the strongest 2025–26 Smarter Balanced results: 78% in ELA and 72% in math, compared with 44% and 31% at Scotland Middle. Those gaps are 33 points in ELA and 41 in math. Scotland Elementary falls between them, at 50% in ELA and 63% in math. Across the three schools, the average was 8 points above the state in ELA and 11 points above in math, though the school-level differences are substantial. Scotland Middle shows a relative strength in science: 44%, about 1 point above the state. Scotland High’s ACT results are mixed: science was 57% versus 45% statewide, while ELA was 43% versus 48% and math 21% versus 34%.
Recent changes were uneven: Dawson’s ELA rose 20 points and math rose 14 points from 2024–25, while Scotland Elementary’s ELA fell 16 points; Scotland Middle improved modestly in ELA and math. SchoolDigger ranks Scotland Elementary 76th of 203 schools (63rd percentile, 3 stars), Scotland Middle 105th of 151 (30th percentile, 2 stars), and Scotland High 80th of 130 (38th percentile, 2 stars) for 2025–26; Dawson’s 2024–25 ranking was 36th of 300 (88th percentile, 4 stars). Student-teacher ratios range from 7.5 at the high school to 13.9 at the elementary school. Free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25 are 27% at Scotland Elementary, 42% at Scotland Middle, and 44% at Scotland High; Dawson’s reported figure is 12% for 2022–23. Dawson serves a wider grade span, and Scotland High’s ACT results should be read separately from Smarter Balanced results.
Thank you for your feedback!