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Schools in Spring Lake Township

Spring Lake Township’s public schools

Miller Area School District 29-4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Spring Lake Township. 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
60%
2021–22
Math proficiency
52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.0K
▲ 8% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
409 students on the public path
In brief

Spring Lake Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Spring Lake Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Miller Elementary - 02 places highest (better than 89%); Millerdale Colony Elementary - 11 lowest (8%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Spring Lake Township, graded from D to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Miller 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 Spring Lake Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–82 schoolsDepends on your addressD to A
9–12Miller High School - 01in MillerB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Miller Area School District 29-4.

The district

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

Miller Area School District 29-4Grades K–12 · 4 schools · 483 students, up 14% since 2020–21 · 11.3 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$14,023SD $13,040 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading60%
State average 51% · 238 students tested
Math52%
State average 42.2% · 238 students tested

Spring Lake Township vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Spring Lake Township—Miller Area School District 29-4
Hiland—Miller Area School District 29-4
Pleasant Valley—Miller Area School District 29-4
Bates—Miller Area School District 29-4
Marlar—Wessington Springs School District 36-2

3 of the 4 neighbors share Miller Area School District 29-4 with Spring Lake Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Spring 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 Spring Lake Townshipin other towns
Miller Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Miller
A
231 students11:1Rate it →
Millerdale Colony Elementary - 11
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Miller
D
37 studentsRate it →
Miller High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12 · Miller
B−
141 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Spring Lake Township’s schools

Are Spring Lake Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Spring Lake Township. Miller Area School District 29-4 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Spring Lake Township. 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 Spring Lake Township in?

Miller Area School District 29-4.

Where do Spring Lake Township kids go to high school?

Miller High School - 01.

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What Spring Lake Township families are saying about school.

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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.