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Schools in Big Stone City

Big Stone City’s public schools

Big Stone City School District 25-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Stone City. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in South Dakota’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
64%
2021–22
Math proficiency
64%
2021–22
Spent per student
$20.0K
▲ 53% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.4
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
79 students on the public path
In brief

Big Stone City’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Big Stone City’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Big Stone City Elementary - 01 places highest (better than 90%); Big Stone City Elementary - 01 lowest (90%). See the path ↓

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

Where will my kid go?

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

The path, start to finish
PK–5Big Stone City Elementary - 01Big Stone City School District 25-1A
6–8Big Stone City Middle School - 03Big Stone City School District 25-1No scores

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Big Stone City School District 25-1.

The district

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

Big Stone City School District 25-1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 79 students, up 52% since 2020–21 · 7.4 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$19,959SD $13,040 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading64%
State average 51% · 47 students tested
Math64%
State average 42.2% · 47 students tested

Big Stone City vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the South Dakota towns that share Big Stone City’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Big Stone City—Big Stone City School District 25-1
Big Stone—Milbank School District 25-4 PK–12 · Big Stone City School District 25-1 PK–12

Ortonville, MN borders Big Stone City but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Big Stone City

2 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 Big Stone Cityby address
Big Stone City Elementary - 01
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A
60 students10:1Rate it →
Big Stone City Middle School - 03
Middle · Grades 6–8
19 students4:1Rate it →

Questions about Big Stone City’s schools

Are Big Stone City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Big Stone City. Big Stone City School District 25-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Stone City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Big Stone City in?

Big Stone City School District 25-1.

Where do Big Stone City kids go to high school?

Big Stone City Middle School - 03.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) 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.