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Schools in Lake Andes

Lake Andes’s public schools

Andes Central School District 11-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Andes. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools 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
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.0K
▲ 54% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.6
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
300 students on the public path
In brief

Lake Andes’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Lake Andes’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Andes Central High School - 01 places highest (better than 29%); Andes Central Middle School - 04 lowest (5%). 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 Lake Andes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Andes Central Elementary - 02Andes Central School District 11-1D
6–8Andes Central Middle School - 04Andes Central School District 11-1D
9–12Andes Central High School - 01Andes Central School District 11-1C

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Andes Central School District 11-1.

The district

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

Andes Central School District 11-1Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 323 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 10.6 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$20,047SD $13,040 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 51% · 156 students tested
Math27%
State average 42.2% · 156 students tested

Lake Andes vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
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Lake Andes—Andes Central School District 11-1

Every school in Lake Andes

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).

District schools in Lake Andesby address
Andes Central Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades PK–5
D
184 students13:1Rate it →
Andes Central Middle School - 04
Middle · Grades 6–8
D
51 students7:1Rate it →
Andes Central High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12
C
65 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Lake Andes’s schools

Are Lake Andes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lake Andes. Andes Central School District 11-1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Andes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Lake Andes in?

Andes Central School District 11-1.

Where do Lake Andes kids go to high school?

Andes Central 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.