Andes Central Elementary - 02

Andes Central Elementary - 02 is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Lake Andes, South Dakota, part of Andes Central School District 11-1, with 184 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Andes Central Elementary - 02 is one of 4 schools operated by Andes Central School District 11-1, a district that enrolls 323 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Andes Central Elementary - 02 logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Native American. The remainder comes out to 21% multiracial, 17% White, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Charles Mix County's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, Andes Central Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.1%; this one delivers 24.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Charles Mix County shows median household income runs about $64,038, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Charles Mix County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,966 students), of which Andes Central Elementary - 02 is one.

The closest other public school is Andes Central Middle School - 04, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Andes Central Elementary - 02 comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 190 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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