Best Public Schools in Zip Code 57754

Summary:

The 57754 zip code is home to two schools: Lead-Deadwood High School - 01 and Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02, both part of the Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1. While the high school has seen steady improvement in its statewide ranking and boasts a higher graduation rate, the middle school has faced challenges, including a fluctuating ranking and lower performance on standardized assessments.

Lead-Deadwood High School - 01 stands out with its 86.4% four-year graduation rate, which is higher than the state average, and a relatively low dropout rate of 2.6%. The school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments is mixed, with 11th-grade students scoring above the district and state averages in English Language Arts but below in Mathematics and Science. In contrast, Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% and generally lower performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments across all grade levels in both English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Interestingly, Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 has a lower student-teacher ratio of 9.3 compared to Lead-Deadwood High School - 01's 11.2, but this does not seem to translate into better academic outcomes. Additionally, the middle school has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 29.86%, compared to 18.81% at the high school, which could be a factor in its lower performance.

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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	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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02	Public	6-8	234 S Main St	Lead	57754	Lawrence County	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 717-3898	139	15	9.5	25.2%	111 (79.9%)	1 (0.7%)	12 (8.6%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.8%)	47.6	140^th of 246 public middle schools	43.1%		55.7	64^th of 147 public middle schools	56.5%	76	37.5	42.0	51.2		43.2	35.4	36.0	39.0		36.7	34.2		$19,579	$489	$19,090
Lead-Deadwood High School - 01	Public	9-12	320 S Main St	Lead	57754	Lawrence County	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 717-3899	211	20	10.7	19.4%	180 (85.3%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.7%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	54.4	86^th of 166 public high schools	48.2%		40.8	88^th of 141 public high schools	37.6%	2				61.5					32.7			48.1	$18,749	$535	$18,214

Cities Near Zip Code 57754

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lead	0.39 mi	2	119^th
Deadwood	2.48 mi	1	123^rd
Spearfish	9.57 mi	9	91^st
Whitewood	10.19 mi	1	3^rd
Sturgis	12.98 mi	4	77^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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