Yankton School District 63-3
Serves Yankton, Utica Township, Mission Hill Township, Mission Hill, Walshtown Township and Utica, and parts of Volin Township, Jamesville Township and Gayville Township.
Yankton’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of South Dakota school districts
What stands out about Yankton School District 63-3
- Its letter, B+: results better than 72% of South Dakota districts
- Reading proficiency 6 pts above the state
- Graduation rate 10 pts above the state
- Spends 10% less per student than the SD average
- 17 students per teacher
- Debt of $23.9M, about $7,921 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B+: better than 72% of the 147 South Dakota school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Yankton. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. SD
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
6 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with South Dakota’s other public schools.
Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within South Dakota.