Schools · Montrose

Montrose, SD schools

Kids attend Montrose Elementary - 02 through grade 5, then Montrose Middle School - 03 and Montrose High School - 01.

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

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Montrose’s School Grade: B

The public schools Montrose’s kids attend outperform 60% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BTest scores

South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 60%

Lower resultsHigher results

South Dakota towns with similar household incomes (343)Better than 57%

Lower confidence. Built on 127 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.

School path

Where Montrose kids go to school

Grades PK–5

B+Montrose Elementary - 02 108 students · Montrose Montrose School District 43-2

Grades 6–8

CMontrose Middle School - 03 53 students · Montrose Montrose School District 43-2

Grades 9–12

AMontrose High School - 01 63 students · Montrose Montrose School District 43-2

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, Montrose School District 43-2)47%

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

The district serving Montrose

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Montrose School District 43-2Grades PK–12 · 4 schools · 266 students

$14,166 per studentSD $13,040B

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

Within reach

Colleges near Montrose

There’s no college in Montrose, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Dakota State University in Madison, 21.9 miles away.

Dakota State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Madison21.9 mi1,489 students Southeast Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sioux Falls22.1 mi1,963 students University of Sioux FallsUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Sioux Falls25.2 mi1,390 students Augustana UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Sioux Falls25.4 mi2,056 students

Kairos UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Sioux Falls25.5 mi96 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Montrose. 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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