Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 57785

Elementary schools in zip code 57785 consist of one school, Sturgis Elementary - 03, serving kindergarten through grade 4 with 531 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades mathematics result was 51%, compared with 44% statewide, while its English language arts (ELA) result was 42%, compared with 49% statewide. The most important finding is this clear split: the school was above the state in mathematics but below it in ELA.

There is no top or bottom school to compare because this is the only school listed. Grade-level results show a notable difference within the school: grade 3 was above the state in both subjects, with 46% in ELA (3 points higher) and 59% in mathematics (7 points higher). Grade 4 was below the state in both, with 38% in ELA (10 points lower) and 43% in mathematics (5 points lower). Within the school, grade 4 results were 8 points below grade 3 in ELA and 15 points below in mathematics. These figures make grade-level results an important part of the picture, beyond the all-grades comparison.

Both all-grades scores fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA dropped 4 points, and mathematics dropped 2 points. The school’s ELA gap with the state widened by 1 point, while its mathematics advantage narrowed by 3 points. SchoolDigger reports a rank of 133 out of 203, percentile 34, and 2 stars for 2025–2026; its reported percentile and star rating were higher in each of the two prior years, though the number of schools ranked differed. Context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 12.2 in 2024–2025 and 41% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 13%, below the Meade School District 46-1 rate of 17% and the state rate of 20%. Because the list has one school, it cannot show how schools in the area vary or support school-to-school comparisons.