Prairie Lakes Educational Cooperative

The Prairie Lakes Educational Cooperative is an open public educational service agency based at 800 NE 9th St in Madison, South Dakota. Situated in a distant town setting, the cooperative functions as a specialized support entity rather than a traditional school system, maintaining zero operational schools and offering no direct grade-level instruction across pre-kindergarten through 12th grade or adult education programs.

Because the organization focuses on regional service provision rather than classroom teaching, its staffing structure reflects zero full-time equivalent classroom teachers or instructional aides. Instead, the entity operates with a focused staffing footprint comprising 0.36 full-time equivalent support staff members. For researchers, families, and educational partners seeking details about its service operations, the cooperative remains active and accessible by phone at (605) 256-7700.