Vilas’s public schools
Howard School District 48-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vilas. Each school below is shown with its own results.
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
Vilas’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Vilas’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Howard High School - 01 places highest (better than 90%); Howard Elementary - 02 lowest (45%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Two elementary schools serve Vilas, graded from B− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Howard 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 Vilas, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Vilas
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Kindergarten in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
1st grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
2nd grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
3rd grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
4th grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
5th grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Elementary - 02
Grades PK–5 · 158 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
6th grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Jr. High - 05
Grades 6–8 · 75 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
7th grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Jr. High - 05
Grades 6–8 · 75 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
8th grade in Vilas · depends on your address
Howard Jr. High - 05
Grades 6–8 · 75 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Shannon Colony Elementary - 08
Grades K–8 · 27 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Winfred
9th grade in Vilas
Howard High School - 01
Grades 9–12 · 96 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Howard
10th grade in Vilas
Howard High School - 01
Grades 9–12 · 96 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Howard
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Howard School District 48-3.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Vilas vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the South Dakota towns that share Vilas’s borders.
Every school in Vilas
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).
Questions about Vilas’s schools
Are Vilas’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Vilas. Howard School District 48-3 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Vilas. 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 Vilas in?
Howard School District 48-3.
Where do Vilas kids go to high school?
Howard High School - 01.
Parents talk
What Vilas families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Vilas → They have their own page.
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.