Summary:
The Garretson School District 49-4 in South Dakota has one middle school, Garretson Middle School - 03, which serves grades 6-8. This middle school has seen steady improvement in its performance, moving from a 2-star to a 3-star rating on the School Digger ranking system over the past three school years.
Garretson Middle School - 03 stands out for its strong performance in English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, consistently outpacing the district and state averages across all grade levels. However, the school's mathematics proficiency is more mixed, with 6th-grade students performing well but 7th and 8th-grade students scoring closer to or slightly below the district and state averages. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 7.1% is lower than the state average, indicating good student engagement and attendance.
With a spending per student of $11,524, which is higher than the state average, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.3 to 1, Garretson Middle School - 03 appears to be a well-resourced institution. While the school's overall performance is strong, particularly in ELA, there may be room for improvement in mathematics instruction and outcomes, especially in the upper middle school grades.
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