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Schools in Pelican Township

Pelican Township’s public schools

Watertown School District 14-4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pelican Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
59%
2021–22
Math proficiency
51%
2021–22
Graduate on time
86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.5K
▼ 12% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.1
SD 13.7 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,538 students on the public path
In brief

Pelican Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Pelican Township’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Watertown High School - 01 places highest (better than 64%); McKinley Early Childhood Center - 06 lowest (35%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

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

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC+
9–12Watertown High School - 01in WatertownB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Watertown School District 14-4.

The district

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

Watertown School District 14-4Grades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,606 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 15.1 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$11,526SD $13,040 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading59%
State average 51% · 2037 students tested
Math51%
State average 42.2% · 2042 students tested

Pelican Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pelican Township—Watertown School District 14-4
WatertownB+Watertown School District 14-4
Kampeska—Watertown School District 14-4
Oxford—Hamlin School District 28-3 PK–12 · Watertown School District 14-4 PK–12
Lake—Watertown School District 14-4
Sheridan—Watertown School District 14-4

All 5 neighbors share Watertown School District 14-4 with Pelican Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Pelican 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 Pelican Townshipin other towns
McKinley Early Childhood Center - 06
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Watertown
C+
296 students14:1Rate it →
Sunrise Colony - 15
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Summit
20 students10:1Rate it →
Watertown High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Watertown
B
1,222 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Pelican Township’s schools

Are Pelican Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pelican Township. Watertown School District 14-4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pelican Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pelican Township in?

Watertown School District 14-4.

Where do Pelican Township kids go to high school?

Watertown 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.