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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 57382

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161

Students

Top rankedWessington Springs Elementary - 0286^th of 203 South Dakota elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 57382 has two elementary schools: Wessington Springs Elementary - 02, serving PK–6 with 145 students, and Spring Valley Colony Elementary - 05, serving K–8 with 16 students. In 2025–2026, both schools’ all-grades math proficiency was above the state rate, but their ELA results diverged sharply. The most important difference for families to note is that Wessington Springs was above the state in ELA while Spring Valley Colony was well below it.

Wessington Springs had the stronger latest all-grades results in both subjects: 52% in ELA versus Spring Valley Colony’s 36%, a 16-point gap, and 50% in math versus 45%, a 5-point gap. Compared with state results, Wessington Springs was 3 points higher in ELA and 6 points higher in math; Spring Valley Colony was 13 points lower in ELA but 2 points higher in math. A standout grade-level result was Wessington Springs’ fourth-grade ELA proficiency of 77%, 29 points above the state. Spring Valley Colony’s 2024–2025 all-grades science result was 0%; its 2025–2026 science result is suppressed, so its latest science performance cannot be assessed.

Results changed in different ways: between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, ELA declined at both schools—by 13 points at Wessington Springs and 4 points at Spring Valley Colony—while Spring Valley Colony math rose 19 points; Wessington Springs math fell 6 points. SchoolDigger lists Wessington Springs at 86 of 203 schools, in the 58th percentile with three stars, in 2025–2026; its prior listing was 87 of 300, in the 71st percentile with four stars. Spring Valley Colony’s supplied SchoolDigger listing is 181 of 300, in the 40th percentile with two stars, for 2024–2025. Wessington Springs had a 10.9:1 student–teacher ratio and Spring Valley Colony a 16:1 ratio in 2024–2025; their free/reduced lunch eligible figures are 41% in 2024–2025 and 13% in 2022–2023, respectively, so the income measures are from different years. SchoolDigger’s ranked-school totals also differ across years, and the supplied income figures are not same-year comparisons.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2026)			Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Spring Valley Colony Elementary - 05	Public	K-8	23064 365th Ave	Wessington Springs	57382	Jerauld County	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 539-9311	16	1	16.0	—	16 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						36.4						45.5						$15,068	$381	$14,687
Wessington Springs Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-6	904 2nd St NE	Wessington Springs	57382	Jerauld County	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 539-1754	145	13	10.9	41.4%	138 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57	86^th of 203 public elementary schools	57.6%		69.8	87^th of 300 public elementary schools	71.0%	1	52.2	76.9	52.0	39.1		52.4	52.2	53.8	52.0	43.5		50.0	52.0			90.9%	0%	$13,482	$1,321	$12,160
Hebron Colony Elementary School - 07	Public	K-8	38721 225th St	Wessington Springs	57382	Jerauld County	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(605) 539-9311	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)						27.3						9.1				0%	100%

Cities Near Zip Code 57382

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wessington Springs	0.24 mi	5	165^th
Woonsocket	14.5 mi	2	116^th
Wolsey	22.76 mi	3	125^th
Forestburg	22.96 mi	3	48^th
Huron	24.6 mi	10	177^th

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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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