Schools · Merton
Merton, SD schools
Kids attend one of 7 schools through grade 8, then one of 7 middle schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Merton’s School Grade: C
The public schools Merton’s kids attend trail 75% 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 25%
Lower resultsHigher results
South Dakota towns with similar household incomes (343)Better than 23%
Towns in Clark County (27)Better than 56%
Good confidence. Built on 406 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 Merton kids go to school
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 (Clark School District 12-2)30%
State average 42.2%
Math (grades PK–8, Willow Lake School District 12-3)37%
State average 42.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
75% graduate on time
Graduation rate
75%
SD: 84.5%
Graduating class
14
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Merton
Clark School District 12-2Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 497 students
$11,683 per studentSD $13,040C-Willow Lake School District 12-3Grades PK–12 · 6 schools · 344 students
$11,201 per studentSD $13,040CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
We don’t have any schools located in Merton yet.