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Schools in Grafton Township

Grafton Township’s public schools

Howard School District 48-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grafton Township. 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 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
57%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▲ 12% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
281 students on the public path
In brief

Grafton Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Grafton Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Howard High School - 01 places highest (better than 90%); Howard Elementary - 02 lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Grafton Township, graded from B− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Howard 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 Grafton Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+
9–12Howard High School - 01in HowardA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Howard School District 48-3.

The district

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

Howard School District 48-3Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 356 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$14,652SD $13,040 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading64%
State average 51% · 205 students tested
Math57%
State average 42.2% · 205 students tested

Grafton Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Grafton Township—Howard School District 48-3
Mathews—De Smet School District 38-2
Adams—Howard School District 48-3
Carthage—Howard School District 48-3
Belleview—Howard School District 48-3 PK–12 · Oldham-Ramona-Rutland 39-6 PK–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share Howard School District 48-3 with Grafton Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Grafton Township

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 Grafton Townshipin other towns
Howard Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Howard
B−
158 students13:1Rate it →
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Winfred
B+
27 students12:1Rate it →
Howard High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Howard
A
96 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Grafton Township’s schools

Are Grafton Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Grafton Township. Howard School District 48-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Grafton Township. 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 Grafton Township in?

Howard School District 48-3.

Where do Grafton Township kids go to high school?

Howard 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.