Schools · Le Sueur

Le Sueur, SD schools

Kids attend Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02 or Iroquois Elementary - 04 through grade 5, then De Smet Middle School - 03 or Iroquois Middle School - 02 or Pearl Creek Colony Elementary - 05 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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Le Sueur’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Le Sueur’s kids attend trail 84% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests.

C-Test scores

South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 16%

Lower resultsHigher results

Towns in Kingsbury County (13)Better than 8%

Good confidence. Built on 280 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 Le Sueur kids go to school

Grades PK–5

BLaura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02 or C-Iroquois Elementary - 04 Depends on your address De Smet School District 38-2

Grades 6–8

C-De Smet Middle School - 03 or DIroquois Middle School - 02 or Pearl Creek Colony Elementary - 05 Depends on your address 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%

Math (Iroquois School District 02-3)22%

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

Two districts serve Le Sueur

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

$13,958 per studentSD $13,040C-🏫

Iroquois School District 02-3Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 220 students

$15,649 per studentSD $13,040D

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

Within reach

Colleges near Le Sueur

There’s no college within 30 miles of Le Sueur. The closest is Lake Area Technical College in Watertown, SD, 43.5 miles away.

Lake Area Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Watertown43.5 mi1,709 students Dakota State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Madison46.2 mi1,489 students

Institute of Lutheran TheologyUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Brookings49.8 mi

Straight-line distance from the center of Le Sueur. 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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