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Schools in Spirit Lake Township

Spirit Lake Township’s public schools

De Smet School District 38-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Spirit Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools 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
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▲ 7% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.2
SD 13.7
Schools in town
0
362 students on the public path
In brief

Spirit Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Spirit Lake Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02 places highest (better than 59%); De Smet Middle School - 03 lowest (20%). 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 Spirit Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02in De SmetB
6–8De Smet Middle School - 03in De SmetC−
9–12De Smet High School - 01in De SmetC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the De Smet School District 38-2.

The district

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

De Smet School District 38-2Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 362 students, up 22% since 2020–21 · 13.2 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$13,958SD $13,040 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51% · 189 students tested
Math42%
State average 42.2% · 189 students tested

Spirit Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Spirit Lake Township—De Smet School District 38-2
Hartland—Lake Preston School District 38-3
De Smet—De Smet School District 38-2
Le Sueur—De Smet School District 38-2 PK–12 · Iroquois School District 02-3 PK–12
Manchester—De Smet School District 38-2 PK–12 · Iroquois School District 02-3 PK–12

3 of the 4 neighbors share De Smet School District 38-2 with Spirit Lake Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Spirit Lake 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 Spirit Lake Townshipin other towns
Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · De Smet
B
176 students14:1Rate it →
De Smet Middle School - 03
Middle · Grades 6–8 · De Smet
C−
91 students16:1Rate it →
De Smet High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · De Smet
C
95 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Spirit Lake Township’s schools

Are Spirit Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Spirit Lake Township. De Smet School District 38-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Spirit Lake Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Spirit Lake Township in?

De Smet School District 38-2.

Where do Spirit Lake Township kids go to high school?

De Smet 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.