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Schools in Cow Creek

Cow Creek’s public schools

Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cow Creek. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
62%
2021–22
Math proficiency
57%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.9K
▲ 52% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.2
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
216 students on the public path
In brief

Cow Creek’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Cow Creek’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Sully Buttes High School - 07 places highest (better than 96%); Sully Buttes Middle School - 06 lowest (35%). 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 Cow Creek, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–5Onida Elementary - 04in OnidaA
6–8Sully Buttes Middle School - 06in OnidaC+
9–12Sully Buttes High School - 07in OnidaA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3.

The district

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

Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3Grades K–12 · 3 schools · 216 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 8.2 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$19,869SD $13,040 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading62%
State average 51% · 140 students tested
Math57%
State average 42.2% · 140 students tested

Cow Creek vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cow Creek—Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3

Every school in Cow Creek

3 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 Cow Creekin other towns
Onida Elementary - 04
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Onida
A
79 students7:1Rate it →
Sully Buttes Middle School - 06
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Onida
C+
66 students9:1Rate it →
Sully Buttes High School - 07
High · Grades 9–12 · Onida
A+
71 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Cow Creek’s schools

Are Cow Creek’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cow Creek. Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cow Creek. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Cow Creek in?

Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3.

Where do Cow Creek kids go to high school?

Sully Buttes High School - 07.

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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.