Summary:
ZIP code 57273 has two elementary schools serving different grade spans: Enemy Swim Day School serves K–8 and enrolls 158 students, while Waubay Elementary - 02 serves PK–6 and enrolls 88. Only Waubay has test results in the supplied data, so parents can compare its results with state figures, but not determine which school achieves more. The clearest finding is that Waubay’s latest all-grades ELA and math results are above state averages, while its fifth-grade science result is substantially below.
Waubay Elementary - 02 stands out positively in 2025–26 ELA: 74% of students were proficient, compared with 49% statewide, a 25-point advantage. In math, 55% were proficient versus 44% statewide, an 11-point advantage. The notable exception is fifth-grade science, where 20% were proficient compared with 41% statewide, 21 points lower. Fifth-grade ELA was much stronger, at 73% versus 51% statewide. No school can fairly be called the lowest performer because Enemy Swim Day School has no test scores in the supplied data; that absence does not indicate low achievement.
Waubay Elementary - 02’s ELA rate rose from 43% in 2024–25 to 74% in 2025–26, a 30-point gain; math increased from 52% to 55%. Fifth-grade science moved the other way, falling from 50% to 20%. SchoolDigger lists Waubay at 64 of 126 schools, in the 49th percentile with 3 stars, and separately gives a 2025–26 rank of 84 of 203, in the 59th percentile with 3 stars; these differently labeled rankings are not directly comparable. For 2024–25, Waubay reports a 7.7 student-teacher ratio and 65% free/reduced lunch eligible; Enemy Swim reports a ratio of 158 and all students receive free meals (Community Eligibility). These are contextual figures, not explanations of achievement differences.
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