Summary:
The Corsica-Stickney 21-3 district in South Dakota is home to one exceptional elementary school, Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 170 students. This standout school has consistently ranked in the top 25% of South Dakota elementary schools over the past three school years, with a ranking of 23 out of 201 schools in the 2023-2024 school year.
Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02 is a high-performing school, with proficiency rates on the Smarter Balanced Assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics that are significantly higher than the state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 62.27%, compared to the state average of 50.04%, and its Mathematics proficiency rate was 77.36%, compared to the state average of 42.95%. The school's 5th-grade science proficiency rate of 61.54% in 2023-2024 is also notably higher than the state average of 41.21%.
The school's success can be attributed to several factors, including a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 2.4%, a low free and reduced-price lunch eligibility rate of 18.82%, and a small student-teacher ratio of 13.7 to 1. Additionally, the school's spending per student for the 2022-2023 school year was $13,444, which is higher than the state average. These factors contribute to the school's ability to provide a high-quality education and foster a supportive learning environment for its students.
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