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Grassland Colony, SD schools

Kids attend Grassland Colony Elementary - 06 through grade 8, then Leola High School - 01.

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

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Grassland Colony’s School Grade: B

The public schools Grassland Colony’s kids attend outperform 60% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests.

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South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 60%
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Lower confidence. Built on 117 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move 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.
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Where Grassland Colony kids go to school

Grades 9–12
D-Leola High School - 01 38 students · Leola Leola School District 44-2

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 K–12, Leola School District 44-2)47%
State average 42.2%
Districts

The district serving Grassland Colony

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Within reach

Colleges near Grassland Colony

There’s no college in Grassland Colony, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Northern State University in Aberdeen, 21.3 miles away.

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

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Public schools in Grassland Colony’s district that are located in Leola.

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