Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Alcester

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Hyden HouseHyden House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0
Schools in Alcester

Alcester’s public schools

Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alcester. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above South Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in South Dakota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.2K
▼ 6% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.3
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
4
351 students on the public path
In brief

Alcester’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Alcester’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Alcester-Hudson High School - 01 places highest (better than 58%); Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 lowest (25%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Alcester, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–6Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1C+
7–8Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1C
9–12Alcester-Hudson High School - 01Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 351 students, down 4% since 2023–24 · 12.3 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$12,249SD $13,040 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 51% · 175 students tested
Math47%
State average 42.2% · 178 students tested

Alcester vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the South Dakota towns that share Alcester’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Alcester—Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1

Every school in Alcester

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with South Dakota’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Alcesterby address
Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 05
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
33 students24:1Rate it →
Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04
Elementary · Grades K–6
C+
166 students12:1Rate it →
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03
Middle · Grades 7–8
C
53 students12:1Rate it →
Alcester-Hudson High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12
B
99 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Alcester’s schools

Are Alcester’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Alcester. Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Alcester. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Alcester in?

Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1.

Where do Alcester kids go to high school?

Alcester-Hudson High School - 01.

Parents talk

What Alcester families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Alcester → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.