Summary:
The city of Fort Pierre, South Dakota is home to 3 schools serving students from elementary through high school, all part of the Stanley County School District 57-1. While the Stanley County Elementary - 08 stands out as a strong-performing school, the middle and high schools in the district struggle, ranking in the bottom quartile of their respective school types in the state.
Stanley County Elementary - 08 consistently ranks among the top 50% of South Dakota elementary schools, with above-average test scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics across multiple grade levels. In contrast, Stanley County High School - 01 has significantly lower test scores, with only 38.46% proficient or better in 11th-grade ELA and just 10.25% in 11th-grade Mathematics. The high school also has a lower four-year graduation rate of 74.1% and a higher dropout rate of 3.7% compared to the state average.
The data suggests a potential need to investigate the factors contributing to the performance gap between the elementary school and the higher grade levels, as well as strategies to address chronic absenteeism, which is significantly higher at the middle school. Additionally, the varying percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch across the schools indicate that socioeconomic challenges may be impacting academic outcomes, and should be considered in any efforts to improve educational opportunities for the students in Fort Pierre.
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