Schools · Spirit Mound

Spirit Mound, SD schools

Kids attend Vermillion Elementary - 05 or Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 through grade 6, then Irene - Wakonda Jr. High - 04.

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

C+School Grade

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Spirit Mound’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Spirit Mound’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresCGraduation

South Dakota school districts we grade (146)Better than 41%

Lower resultsHigher results

South Dakota towns with similar household incomes (112)Better than 31%

Towns in Clay County (12)Better than 33%

High confidence. Built on 774 tested students and a graduating class of 93; 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, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
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 Spirit Mound kids go to school

Grades PK–6

Vermillion Elementary - 05 or CIrene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 Depends on your address Vermillion School District 13-1

Grades 7–8

DIrene - Wakonda Jr. High - 04 46 students · Irene Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3

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–6, Vermillion School District 13-1)44%

State average 42.2%

Math (grades 7–8, Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3)32%

State average 42.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

82% graduate on time

Graduation rate

82%

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 Spirit Mound

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Vermillion School District 13-1Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,381 students

$11,960 per studentSD $13,040B-🏫

Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 293 students

$15,072 per studentSD $13,040C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Spirit Mound

There’s no college in Spirit Mound, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of South Dakota in Vermillion, 6.3 miles away.

University of South DakotaUniversity or college · Public · Vermillion6.3 mi6,609 students Mount Marty UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Yankton21.6 mi1,302 students

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

We don’t have any schools located in Spirit Mound yet.