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Schools in Timber Lake

Timber Lake’s public schools

Timber Lake School District 20-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Timber Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools 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
67%
2021–22
Math proficiency
57%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.8K
▲ 52% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.3
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
372 students on the public path
In brief

Timber Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Timber Lake’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Timber Lake Elementary - 02 places highest (better than 85%); Timber Lake High School - 01 lowest (74%). 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 Timber Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Timber Lake Elementary - 02Timber Lake School District 20-3A
6–8Timber Lake Middle School - 03Timber Lake School District 20-3A
9–12Timber Lake High School - 01Timber Lake School District 20-3B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Timber Lake School District 20-3.

The district

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

Timber Lake School District 20-3Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 372 students, up 4% since 2020–21 · 10.3 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$19,846SD $13,040 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading67%
State average 51% · 178 students tested
Math57%
State average 42.2% · 178 students tested

Timber Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Timber Lake—Timber Lake School District 20-3

Every school in Timber Lake

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).

District schools in Timber Lakeby address
Timber Lake Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A
185 students10:1Rate it →
Timber Lake Middle School - 03
Middle · Grades 6–8
A
70 students8:1Rate it →
Timber Lake High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12
B+
117 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Timber Lake’s schools

Are Timber Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Timber Lake. Timber Lake School District 20-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Timber Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Timber Lake in?

Timber Lake School District 20-3.

Where do Timber Lake kids go to high school?

Timber Lake 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.