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Schools in Wessington Springs

Wessington Springs’s public schools

Wessington Springs School District 36-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wessington Springs. 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 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
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
54%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.3K
▼ 6% vs SD $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.4
SD 13.7 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
280 students on the public path
In brief

Wessington Springs’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Wessington Springs’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of South Dakota’s 548 public schools. Wessington Springs High School - 01 places highest (better than 94%); Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 lowest (45%). 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 Wessington Springs, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Wessington Springs Elementary - 02Wessington Springs School District 36-2B
7–8Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04Wessington Springs School District 36-2B−
9–12Wessington Springs High School - 01Wessington Springs School District 36-2A

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Wessington Springs School District 36-2.

The district

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

Wessington Springs School District 36-2Grades PK–12 · 7 schools · 461 students, up 17% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (SD 13.7)
$12,273SD $13,040 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51% · 186 students tested
Math37%
State average 42.2% · 185 students tested

Wessington Springs vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the South Dakota towns that share Wessington Springs’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Wessington Springs—Wessington Springs School District 36-2

Every school in Wessington Springs

4 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 Wessington Springsby address
Wessington Springs Elementary - 02
Elementary · Grades PK–6
B
145 students11:1Rate it →
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04
Middle · Grades 7–8
B−
41 students12:1Rate it →
Wessington Springs High School - 01
High · Grades 9–12
A
94 students11:1Rate it →
Online schools based in Wessington Springsnot counted as local schools
Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 92
High · Grades 9–12
B−
Online
138 studentsRate it →

Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93 and Wessington Springs Elementary Cyber School - 94).

Questions about Wessington Springs’s schools

Are Wessington Springs’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Wessington Springs. Wessington Springs School District 36-2 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Wessington Springs. 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 Wessington Springs in?

Wessington Springs School District 36-2.

Where do Wessington Springs kids go to high school?

Wessington Springs 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.