Schools · Collins Colony

Collins Colony, SD schools

Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 8, then one of 4 middle schools.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Collins Colony’s School Grade: C

The public schools Collins Colony’s kids attend trail 69% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests.

CTest scores
South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 31%
Lower resultsHigher results
Good confidence. Built on 156 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 South Dakota’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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota 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 Collins Colony kids go to school

Grades PK–8
4 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Willow Lake School District 12-3
Grades 8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Willow Lake School District 12-3

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

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–8, Willow Lake School District 12-3)37%
State average 42.2%
Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate
75%
SD: 84.5%
Graduating class
9
students

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

Districts

The district serving Collins Colony

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

Within reach

Colleges near Collins Colony

There’s no college within 30 miles of Collins Colony. The closest is Lake Area Technical College in Watertown, SD, 38.5 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Collins Colony. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

We don’t have any schools located in Collins Colony yet.

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