Long Lake Colony’s public schools beat 60% of South Dakota districts
The public schools Long Lake Colony’s kids attend outperform 60% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests.
The short version on Long Lake Colony’s schools
Long Lake Colony’s schools are very small
All of Long Lake Colony’s public school students add up to 30 children, with about 13 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. The grade is built on just 117 tested students, so read it as a rough guide. Every school ↓
High spending, middling results
Long Lake Colony spends $17,800 per student, 37% more than the state average, and each teacher has about 13 students, compared with 14 statewide. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 60% of districts. Much of the extra cost comes with running a very small school. Test scores ↓
Long Lake Colony has its own elementary school and shares the rest
Long Lake Colony’s own school is Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05, for kindergarten through grade 8. From grade 9, students go to Leola High School - 01 in Leola. The elementary school earns the best grade on the path (B−); the high school earns the lowest (D−). See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution; the grade rests on only 117 tested students.
How Long Lake Colony compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on South Dakota’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of South Dakota only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Long Lake Colony.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
How students score
Every school in Long Lake Colony
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Long Lake Colony families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Long Lake Colony
There’s no college in Long Lake Colony, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Northern State University in Aberdeen, 19.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Long Lake Colony. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within South Dakota. Stars are from neighbors.