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Schools in Portage Township

Portage Township’s public schools

Britton-Hecla School District 45-4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Portage Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/4schools 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
50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.8K
▼ 9% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.1
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
371 students on the public path
In brief

Portage Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Portage Township’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Britton-Hecla High School - 01 places highest (better than 74%); Westwood Rural Elementary - 05 lowest (8%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Portage Township, graded from D to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two high schools: Britton-Hecla High School - 01 and Sunset Colony High School - 06. 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 Portage Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–83 schoolsDepends on your addressD to B
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Britton-Hecla School District 45-4.

The district

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

Britton-Hecla School District 45-4Grades K–12 · 6 schools · 468 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$11,802SD $13,040 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading50%
State average 51% · 259 students tested
Math41%
State average 42.2% · 259 students tested

Portage Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Portage Township—Britton-Hecla School District 45-4
North Detroit—Britton-Hecla School District 45-4
Hecla—Britton-Hecla School District 45-4
Dayton—Britton-Hecla School District 45-4

All 3 neighbors share Britton-Hecla School District 45-4 with Portage Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Lovell, ND and Southwest, ND border Portage Township but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Portage Township

5 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 Portage Townshipin other towns
Britton-Hecla Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Britton
B
166 students11:1Rate it →
Westwood Rural Elementary - 05
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Britton
D
38 students19:1Rate it →
Sunset Colony Elementary - 04
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Britton
D
32 students19:1Rate it →
Britton-Hecla High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Britton
B+
127 students14:1Rate it →
Sunset Colony High School - 06
High · Grades 9–12 · Britton
8 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Portage Township’s schools

Are Portage Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Portage Township. Britton-Hecla School District 45-4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Portage Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Portage Township in?

Britton-Hecla School District 45-4.

Where do Portage Township kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Britton-Hecla High School - 01 and Sunset Colony High School - 06.

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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.