Best Public Schools in Porcupine, SD

Summary:

The city of Porcupine, South Dakota is home to two elementary schools, Rockyford School - 03 and Pahin Sinte Owayawa School, which serve predominantly Native American student populations facing significant academic and socioeconomic challenges.

Rockyford School - 03 stands out for having an extremely high percentage of Native American students at 94.19%, as well as a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating high levels of poverty in the student population. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom 5-10% of South Dakota elementary schools over the past 3 years and has significantly lower proficiency rates than the state average in English Language Arts and Science for grades 7-8, despite spending $18,128 per student.

Pahin Sinte Owayawa School also serves a 100% Native American student population, with an equally high free and reduced lunch rate of 97.73%. While test score data is not available for this school, the overall picture suggests that the schools in Porcupine, South Dakota face significant challenges in providing quality education to their students and will require targeted interventions and support to improve academic outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2024)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pahin Sinte Owayawa	Public	K-8	101 School Dr	Porcupine	57772	Oglala Lakota County	Pahin Sinte Owayawa	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(605) 867-5588	135	9	15.0	97.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	135 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Rockyford School - 03	Public	PK, KG-8	14 Bia 33	Porcupine	57772	Oglala Lakota County	Oglala Lakota County 65-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 455-2438	434	33	13.3	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.0%)	5 (1.2%)	402 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)								(n/a)	13.5	13.6	7.9	$24,514	$5,644	$18,870

Cities Near Porcupine

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kyle	17.12 mi	1
Manderson	18.42 mi	1
Hermosa	22.94 mi	3	136^th
Oglala	24.8 mi	1
Interior	30.42 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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