Schools · Independence

Independence, SD schools

Kids attend one of 4 schools through grade 8, then one of 4 middle schools and Armour High School - 01 or Tripp-Delmont 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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Independence’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Independence’s kids attend trail 59% 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 41%

Lower resultsHigher results

South Dakota towns with similar household incomes (262)Better than 32%

Towns in Douglas County (14)Better than 14%

Good confidence. Built on 185 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 Independence kids go to school

Grades PK–8

4 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Armour School District 21-1

Grades 8

4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Armour School District 21-1

Grades 9–12

B+Armour High School - 01 or DTripp-Delmont High School - 01 Depends on your address Armour School District 21-1

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, Armour School District 21-1)47%

State average 42.2%

Math (Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5)32%

State average 42.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

SD: 84.5%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Independence

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Armour School District 21-1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 226 students

$14,165 per studentSD $13,040B 🏫

Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 168 students

$21,673 per studentSD $13,040C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Independence

There’s no college within 30 miles of Independence. The closest is Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD, 30.8 miles away.

Dakota Wesleyan UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mitchell30.8 mi819 students Mitchell Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Mitchell30.9 mi936 students Mount Marty UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Yankton52.5 mi1,302 students

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

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