Enrollment
74
Elementary
DISTRICT 44 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVON SCHOOL DISTRICT 04-1·NCES 460427000028
Avon Elementary - 02
210 Pine St, Avon, SD 57315 · (605) 286-3291 · Bon Homme County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL74 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
23 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 16 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (14).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 53% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Avon School District 04-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +8.4pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -10.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 52.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 70.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Avon Elementary - 02
Avon Elementary - 02's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Elementary - 02 this school | 74 | 31.1% | 53.5% |
| Bison Elementary - 02 Bison | 65 | 27.7% | 39.9% |
| Gettysburg Elementary - 02 Gettysburg | 88 | 30.7% | 62.0% |
| Onida Elementary - 04 Onida | 79 | 26.6% | 57.0% |
| Centerville Elementary - 02 Centerville | 108 | 28.7% | 52.5% |
| Scotland Elementary - 02 Scotland | 114 | 27.2% | 56.7% |
Matched among South Dakota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Avon Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Bon Homme County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 74 | #226 of 331 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
74
-36 (-33%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 135
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74 | 7 | 10.5:1 | 31% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 7.7 | 8.2:1 | 24% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 65 | 7.4 | 8.8:1 | 14% (9) |
| 2020-21 | 110 | 9 | 12.2:1 | 37% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 119 | 11.1 | 10.7:1 | 38% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 127 | 9 | 14.1:1 | 46% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 131 | 8 | 16.4:1 | 36% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 108 | 9 | 12.0:1 | 41% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 135 | 8 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avon Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (119 to 74); teachers down 37% (11.1 to 7).
About Avon Elementary - 02
Students in Avon, South Dakota, attend Avon Elementary - 02, a very small elementary school. It reports enrollment of 74 students in kindergarten through 4. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average enrollment is about 204.
Avon Elementary - 02 falls under Avon School District 04-1, which has 4 schools enrolling 227 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Avon Elementary - 02 is White, at 84%. It is also 9% Hispanic and 5% Native American. Among Bon Homme County residents, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Avon Elementary - 02 scores 29%.
Avon Elementary - 02 has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota is 4.9 students per teacher. At Avon Elementary - 02, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Bon Homme County is close, at 33%.
Avon Elementary - 02 holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Avon Elementary - 02's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.5%) and its predicted rate (50.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
For the population of Bon Homme County, median household income comes to about $64,435, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Bon Homme County counts 15 public schools with about 1,071 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Avon Middle School - 05, is the closest to Avon Elementary - 02. Avon Elementary - 02 has 3 other public schools within five miles. Avon Elementary - 02 comes in 2nd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 74, from 110 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.2:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to Avon Elementary - 02 can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bon Homme County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,044
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
1,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avon School District 04-1
- Avon High School - 01High · 77 students
- Avon Middle School - 05Middle · 63 students
- Avon Preschool - 06Elementary · 13 students
Other schools in Avon
- Avon High School - 01High · 77 students
- Avon Middle School - 05Middle · 63 students
- Avon Preschool - 06Elementary · 13 students
Other Avon Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Avon Elementary. Avon Elementary - 02 is the 6th largest of the 7.
- AVON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 503 students
- Avon Elementary SchoolHADDONFIELD, NJ · 305 students
- AVON ELEMENTARYAVON, MN · 264 students
- Avon Elementary SchoolAVON, CO · 242 students
- Avon Elementary SchoolAVON, NJ · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Avon Middle School - 050.0 mi · 63
- Avon High School - 010.0 mi · 77
- Avon Preschool - 060.0 mi · 13
- Tyndall Elementary - 049.5 mi · 188
- Bon Homme High School - 019.5 mi · 136
- Bon Homme PK - 089.5 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Avon Elementary - 02What is the total enrollment at Avon Elementary - 02?
Avon Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 74 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Avon Elementary - 02 serve?
Avon Elementary - 02 serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Avon Elementary - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Avon Elementary - 02 is approximately 10.5:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Avon Elementary - 02?
At Avon Elementary - 02, the student body is approximately 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Avon Elementary - 02?
Avon Elementary - 02 is overseen by Avon School District 04-1 in Bon Homme County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.