Schools · Sioux Agency

Sioux Agency, MN schools

Sioux Agency’s public schools score well below Minnesota’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 52.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.4%. Kids attend Bert Raney Elementary School through grade 5, then Yellow Medicine East Secondary.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Sioux Agency’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Sioux Agency’s kids attend trail 64% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scores
Minnesota school districts we grade (491)Better than 36%
Lower resultsHigher results
Minnesota towns with similar household incomes (1,586)Better than 16%
Towns in Yellow Medicine County (21)Better than 0%
Good confidence. Built on 347 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Minnesota’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Minnesota only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Minnesota with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Sioux Agency kids go to school

Grades PK–5
BBert Raney Elementary School 284 students · Granite Falls Yellow Medicine East school district
Grades 6–12
CYellow Medicine East Secondary 321 students · Granite Falls Yellow Medicine East school district

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Yellow Medicine East)47%
State average 52.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Yellow Medicine East)31%
State average 44.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate
95%
MN: 84.4%
Graduating class
42
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Sioux Agency

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Sioux Agency

There’s no college in Sioux Agency, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Granite Falls, 10.9 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Sioux Agency. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Sioux Agency yet.

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