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Schools in Mountain Plains

Mountain Plains’s public schools

Spearfish School District 40-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mountain Plains. 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
55%
2021–22
Math proficiency
49%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$10.6K
▼ 19% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.1
SD 13.7
Schools in town
0
2,053 students on the public path
In brief

Mountain Plains’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Mountain Plains’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Creekside Elementary - 07 places highest (better than 70%); Spearfish Middle School - 05 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 Mountain Plains, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
KMountain View Elementary - 08in SpearfishNo scores
3–5Creekside Elementary - 07in SpearfishB+
6–8Spearfish Middle School - 05in SpearfishC+
9–12Spearfish High School - 01in SpearfishB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Spearfish School District 40-2.

The district

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

Spearfish School District 40-2Grades K–12 · 7 schools · 2,398 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 14.1 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$10,621SD $13,040 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading55%
State average 51% · 1281 students tested
Math49%
State average 42.2% · 1281 students tested

Mountain Plains vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the South Dakota towns that share Mountain Plains’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Mountain Plains—Spearfish School District 40-2
SpearfishB+Spearfish School District 40-2

Every school in Mountain Plains

4 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 Mountain Plainsin other towns
Mountain View Elementary - 08
Elementary · Grades K · Spearfish
168 students12:1Rate it →
Creekside Elementary - 07
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Spearfish
B+
553 students15:1Rate it →
Spearfish Middle School - 05
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spearfish
C+
545 students15:1Rate it →
Spearfish High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Spearfish
B
787 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Mountain Plains’s schools

Are Mountain Plains’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Mountain Plains. Spearfish School District 40-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mountain Plains. 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 Mountain Plains in?

Spearfish School District 40-2.

Where do Mountain Plains kids go to high school?

Spearfish 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.