Summary:
The city of Deadwood, South Dakota has only one elementary school, Lead-Deadwood Elementary - 03, which serves students from the Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher-than-average per-student spending, its academic performance has been inconsistent, with some grade levels performing above the state average while others fall significantly behind.
Lead-Deadwood Elementary - 03 has consistently ranked in the bottom half of South Dakota elementary schools, with its 2023-2024 ranking at 139th out of 201 schools and its 2022-2023 ranking at 153rd out of 204 schools. The school's proficiency rates on Smarter Balanced Assessments are mixed, with 4th-grade ELA proficiency (65.86%) exceeding the state average (46.47%), but 5th-grade proficiency in ELA (43.91%), Mathematics (24.4%), and Science (26.83%) all well below the state averages.
The school serves a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 33.11% of its students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023. This socioeconomic factor may be contributing to the school's uneven academic performance, and could require targeted interventions and support to ensure all students are receiving a high-quality education and achieving academic success.
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