Summary:
The 57317 zip code is home to a single elementary school, South Central Elementary - 03, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 58 students. The school is part of the South Central 26-5 school district, which is ranked 56 out of 147 districts in South Dakota and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
South Central Elementary - 03 appears to be performing relatively well academically, with 59.09% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) and 45.46% proficient or better in Mathematics, both exceeding the state averages. The school's 5th-grade students performed particularly well, with 57.14% proficient or better in ELA and 57.15% in Mathematics, surpassing the state averages. However, the school faces challenges, with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% and a high percentage of students (68.97%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a significant level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite these challenges, the school appears to be well-resourced, with a spending per student of $25,950 and a low student-teacher ratio of 8:1, suggesting a high level of individual attention and support for students. The school's performance has fluctuated over time, with its SchoolDigger ranking ranging from 87th out of 194 elementary schools in 2006-2007 to 158th out of 206 in 2015-2016, and then improving to 121st out of 300 in 2024-2025. This indicates that the school's performance has varied, and further investigation into the factors contributing to these changes would be interesting.
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