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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 57319


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Top rankedBridgewater-Emery Elementary - 0239th of 300 South Dakota elementary schools
Summary:

The 57319 zip code is home to a single standout elementary school, Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the highly-ranked Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 school district. With consistently high academic performance, a 4-star rating, and a statewide ranking in the top 15% of elementary schools, this school is providing an exceptional education to its 159 students.

Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels, with 75% of students proficient or better in Math and 60.29% in ELA. The school's strong academic results have earned it a ranking of 14th out of 201 elementary schools in the state for the 2023-2024 school year, and 39th out of 300 in 2024-2025. This consistent high performance is a testament to the school's commitment to educational excellence.

Despite having a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 39.62%, indicating a significant population of students from lower-income families, Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 is still able to achieve exceptional academic results. This suggests the school has effective strategies in place to support students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% is slightly higher than the state average, which could be an area for improvement to help maintain the school's high level of performance.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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