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Schools in Big Stone Township

Big Stone Township’s public schools

Milbank School District 25-4 and Big Stone City School District 25-1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Stone Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above South Dakota’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
64%
2021–22
Math proficiency
48%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.6K
▲ 4% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024 · Milbank School District 25-4
Students per teacher
11.7
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,052 students on the public path
In brief

Big Stone Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Big Stone Township’s 4 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%); Milbank High School - 01 lowest (59%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Big Stone Township, graded from B to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools and one high school: Milbank High School - 01. 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 Big Stone Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB
9–12Milbank High School - 01in MilbankB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Milbank School District 25-4.

Two districts serve Big Stone Township

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

Milbank School District 25-4Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 973 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 12.2 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$13,617SD $13,040 · FY2024
B+
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

Reading · PK–12, Milbank School District 25-464%
State average 51% · 510 students tested
Math · PK–12, Milbank School District 25-448%
State average 42.2% · 520 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Big Stone City School District 25-164%
State average 51% · 47 students tested
Math · PK–12, Big Stone City School District 25-164%
State average 42.2% · 47 students tested

Big Stone Township vs. its neighbors

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

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

2 of the 3 neighbors share Big Stone City School District 25-1 with Big Stone Township for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Ortonville, MN borders Big Stone Township but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Big Stone Township

6 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).

Also serving Big Stone Townshipin other towns
Milbank Elementary - 03
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Milbank
B
408 students12:1Rate it →
Big Stone City Elementary - 01
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Big Stone City
A
60 students10:1Rate it →
Blue Sky Colony - 04
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Milbank
10 students10:1Rate it →
Milbank Middle School - 02
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Milbank
B
222 students13:1Rate it →
Big Stone City Middle School - 03
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Big Stone City
19 students4:1Rate it →
Milbank High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Milbank
B
333 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Big Stone Township’s schools

Are Big Stone Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Big Stone Township. Milbank School District 25-4 and Big Stone City School District 25-1 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Stone Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 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 Township in?

Milbank School District 25-4 and Big Stone City School District 25-1.

Where do Big Stone Township kids go to high school?

Milbank High School - 01.

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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.