Arlington Elementary - 02

Arlington Elementary - 02 is a primary school of modestly sized scale in Arlington, South Dakota, overseen by Arlington School District 38-1, enrolling 152 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Arlington School District 38-1 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 292 students; Arlington Elementary - 02 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Arlington Elementary - 02 records that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Kingsbury County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Arlington Elementary - 02 records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Kingsbury County's rate of about 29%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arlington Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 63.9%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kingsbury County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,000 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kingsbury County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,061 students), of which Arlington Elementary - 02 is one.

Arlington High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Arlington Elementary - 02. On composite proficiency, Arlington Elementary - 02 comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arlington Elementary - 02 has stayed largely flat, going from 150 students in 2018 to 152 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.