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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 57747

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306

Students

Top rankedHot Springs Elementary - 02208^th of 300 South Dakota elementary schools

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Summary:

The 57747 zip code area has only one elementary school, Hot Springs Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-5 with 332 students. The school is part of the Hot Springs School District 23-2, which is ranked 86 out of 147 districts in South Dakota and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hot Springs Elementary - 02 has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 134 out of 201 schools in 2023-2024 to 208 out of 300 schools in 2024-2025. The school's test scores are generally below the state and district averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% for the 2024-2025 school year, which can negatively impact student learning and achievement.

The school also faces socioeconomic challenges, with a free/reduced lunch rate of 32.83% for the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a significant portion of the student population comes from low-income households. Despite these challenges, the school's spending per student is $10,124 for the 2023-2024 school year, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.6 for the same year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)	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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hot Springs Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	240 N 19th St	Hot Springs	57747	Fall River County	Hot Springs School District 23-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 745-4149	306	25	12.4	35.6%	215 (70.3%)	2 (0.7%)	24 (7.8%)	5 (1.6%)	30 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.8%)	38.4	208^th of 300 public elementary schools	30.7%		38.1	134^th of 201 public elementary schools	33.3%	74	37.7	37.5	42.9	39.2	39.6	30.4	32.7	34.2	26.5	$11,124	$1,229	$9,894

Cities Near Zip Code 57747

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hot Springs	0.33 mi	3	110^th
Edgemont	20.21 mi	2	164^th
Oelrichs	21.37 mi	3	189^th
Custer	23.52 mi	3	56^th
Hermosa	31.37 mi	3	171^st

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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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