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Schools in McKinley Township

McKinley Township’s public schools

Sisseton School District 54-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for McKinley Township. 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 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
39%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
64%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.6K
▲ 12% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
965 students on the public path
In brief

McKinley Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of McKinley Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Westside Elementary - 03 places highest (better than 42%); Sisseton Middle School - 02 lowest (18%). 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 McKinley Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Westside Elementary - 03in SissetonC+
5–8Sisseton Middle School - 02in SissetonC−
9–12Sisseton High School - 01in SissetonC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sisseton School District 54-2.

The district

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

Sisseton School District 54-2Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 965 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$14,637SD $13,040 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading39%
State average 51% · 454 students tested
Math31%
State average 42.2% · 456 students tested

McKinley Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
McKinley Township—Sisseton School District 54-2
Red Iron Lake—Sisseton School District 54-2
Dumarce—Sisseton School District 54-2
Veblen—Sisseton School District 54-2
Bossko—Sisseton School District 54-2

All 4 neighbors share Sisseton School District 54-2 with McKinley Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in McKinley 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 McKinley Townshipin other towns
Westside Elementary - 03
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Sisseton
C+
380 students12:1Rate it →
Sisseton Middle School - 02
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Sisseton
C−
281 students11:1Rate it →
Sisseton High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Sisseton
C+
304 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about McKinley Township’s schools

Are McKinley Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for McKinley Township. Sisseton School District 54-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for McKinley Township. 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 McKinley Township in?

Sisseton School District 54-2.

Where do McKinley Township kids go to high school?

Sisseton 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.