Summary:
Todd County Elementary - 16 is an elementary school located in Mission, South Dakota, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 489 students. Unfortunately, this school has consistently ranked among the lowest-performing elementary schools in the state, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.
Todd County Elementary - 16 faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 71.1% to 76.8% in recent years, which are much higher than the state average. Academically, the school performs poorly on the Smarter Balanced Assessments, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics well below the state and district averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 13.37% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 50.04%. The school's performance on various student subgroups, such as female students, male students, Native American students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students, is also consistently among the lowest in the state, indicating significant achievement gaps.
Interestingly, the nearby schools within the Todd County School District 66-1, such as Lakeview Elementary - 09, Klein Elementary - 08, O'Kreek Elementary - 14, and Rosebud Elementary - 04, also perform poorly on academic measures, with proficiency rates well below the state averages. This suggests a systemic issue within the district that needs to be addressed. Additionally, all the schools in the Todd County School District, including Todd County Elementary - 16, have 100% of their students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating extremely high levels of poverty in the region.
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