Schools · De Smet

De Smet, SD schools

Kids attend Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02 through grade 5, then De Smet Middle School - 03 and De Smet High School - 01.

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

C-School Grade

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De Smet’s School Grade: C-

The public schools De Smet’s kids attend trail 82% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores

South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 18%

Lower resultsHigher results

South Dakota towns with similar household incomes (317)Better than 16%

Good confidence. Built on 169 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 De Smet kids go to school

Grades PK–5

BLaura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02 176 students · De Smet De Smet School District 38-2

Grades 6–8

C-De Smet Middle School - 03 91 students · De Smet De Smet School District 38-2

Grades 9–12

CDe Smet High School - 01 95 students · De Smet De Smet School District 38-2

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–12, De Smet School District 38-2)32%

State average 42.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate

90%

SD: 84.5%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

The district serving De Smet

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De Smet School District 38-2Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 362 students

$13,958 per studentSD $13,040C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near De Smet

There’s no college within 30 miles of De Smet. The closest is Dakota State University in Madison, SD, 33.6 miles away.

Dakota State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Madison33.6 mi1,489 students

Institute of Lutheran TheologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Brookings37.9 mi

South Dakota State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Brookings38.2 mi9,372 students

Straight-line distance from the center of De Smet. 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.

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