Summary:
The 57279 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Wilmot Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-5 with 109 students. The school is part of the Wilmot School District 54-7, which is ranked 120 out of 147 districts in South Dakota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Wilmot Elementary - 02 has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, going from 171 out of 201 schools in 2023-2024 to 182 out of 300 schools in 2024-2025, with a 1-star rating. The school lags behind the state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels, with a 43.64% ELA proficiency rate and a 40% Mathematics proficiency rate in 2024-2025, compared to the state averages of 50.93% and 43.49%, respectively. Additionally, the school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate in 2024-2025 was significantly lower than the state average, at 26.09% compared to 40.54%.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.2 and higher-than-average per-student spending of $15,208 in 2023-2024, it is not translating into strong academic performance. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% in 2024-2025 and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 44.95% in 2023-2024, which may be impacting student outcomes. Overall, the data suggests that Wilmot Elementary - 02 is struggling to provide a high-quality education for its students, and further investigation and targeted interventions may be necessary to improve student performance.
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