Summary:
Zip code 57543 has one middle school, Kadoka Middle School - 03, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 51 students. Its 2025–26 proficiency results are notably higher than the state’s in both all-grades English Language Arts (ELA) and math.
Kadoka Middle School - 03 is the only school listed, so there is no local school-to-school leader or bottom result; the clearest comparison is with district and state figures. In 2025–26, about 76% of students were proficient in ELA, versus 56% in the Kadoka Area School District 35-2 and 49% statewide—a 20-point lead over the district and 27 points over the state. In math, about 78% were proficient, compared with 57% districtwide and 44% statewide, leads of 21 and 34 points. Results were above the state in every reported grade and subject; grade 8 stood out, with ELA 42 points and math 44 points above state results. Grade 7 ELA was the least strong comparison, though still 14 points above the state.
ELA and math improved from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA rose about 7 points and math about 13 points, while the state’s results were nearly flat, leaving Kadoka’s state margins wider by about 8 and 13 points, respectively. Grade 8 science was an exception: it fell about 4 points to 60%, though it remained 20 points above the state and 7 above the district. SchoolDigger ranked the school 2nd of 151, at the 99th percentile with five stars, in 2025–26; it ranked 16th of 246 the prior year. Chronic absenteeism was 23%, above the district’s 21% and state’s 20%. Other context: the 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 18.2, and 49% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. With only one school listed and 51 students, these figures cannot show how the school compares with similar nearby schools.
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