Best Public Schools in Zip Code 57761

Summary:

The 57761 zip code area is home to 3 schools in the New Underwood School District 51-3, including 1 elementary school, 1 middle school, and 1 high school. While the schools in this area generally perform below the state average on standardized tests, a few standout schools have shown notable strengths and improvements.

New Underwood High School - 01 stands out with a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 81.8% and strong performance on the 11th grade English Language Arts Smarter Balanced Assessments, where 56.52% of students scored proficient or better, compared to the state average of 63.01%. Meanwhile, New Underwood Elementary - 02 has shown improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 147th out of 204 elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 121st out of 201 in 2023-2024, and its 3rd and 4th grade performance on the English Language Arts Smarter Balanced Assessments is above the state average.

However, the New Underwood Middle School - 04 faces challenges, with only 23.34% of students proficient or better in Mathematics across all grades, compared to the state average of 42.95%. This school also has the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 17.1%, which may be contributing to its academic struggles. The district as a whole appears to have some socioeconomic disparities, with the middle school having the highest rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 33.82%.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2024)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
New Underwood Middle School - 04	Public	6-8	300 E Ash St	New Underwood	57761	Pennington County	New Underwood School District 51-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 754-6485	68	4	17.8	33.8%	55 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (17.6%)	34.1	104^th of 147 public middle schools	29.3%		37.1	98^th of 150 public middle schools	34.7%	6				38.9	57.2	47.6		48.3				22.2	33.3	14.3		23.3		38.1		$10,441	$809	$9,632
New Underwood Elementary - 02	Public	K-5	300 E Ash St	New Underwood	57761	Pennington County	New Underwood School District 51-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 754-6485	127	9	13.8	32.3%	104 (81.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (11.8%)	42.7	121^st of 201 public elementary schools	39.8%		32.3	147^th of 204 public elementary schools	27.9%	26	50.0	50.0	40.0					46.5	77.3	33.3	36.0					47.9	32.0			$10,924	$1,266	$9,658
New Underwood High School - 01	Public	9-12	300 E Ash St	New Underwood	57761	Pennington County	New Underwood School District 51-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 754-6485	96	5	18.5	20.8%	81 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.4%)	42.3	85^th of 141 public high schools	39.7%		48.8	77^th of 138 public high schools	44.2%	8							56.5								26.1				52.2	$9,959	$254	$9,705

Cities Near Zip Code 57761

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
New Underwood	0.06 mi	3	111^th
Box Elder	11.74 mi	5	82^nd
Rapid City	15.27 mi	26	112^th
Whitewood	21.26 mi	2	1^st
Hereford	21.26 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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