Abbott House Elementary - 06

Located at 909 Court Merrill St, in Mitchell, South Dakota, Abbott House Elementary - 06 is an one-room-style elementary-level community that teaches 13 students (grades K through 8), part of Mitchell School District 17-2. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Abbott House Elementary - 06 sits 94% below that benchmark.

Within Mitchell School District 17-2, which oversees 9 schools and 2,628 students, Abbott House Elementary - 06 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Abbott House Elementary - 06 logs that the largest single group is Native American at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 38% White, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Abbott House Elementary - 06 has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Abbott House Elementary - 06 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Davison County indicate median household income runs about $66,208, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Davison County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students), of which Abbott House Elementary - 06 is one.

Abbott House High School - 07 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Abbott House Elementary - 06 has increased 30%, going from 10 students in 2018 to 13 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share rose from 20% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 today.

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