Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-1·NCES 460468000035
Baltic Elementary - 02
1 Bulldog Ave, Baltic, SD 57003 · (605) 529-5464 · Minnehaha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
49 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Based on grade levels within Baltic School District 49-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
62.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +6.6pp since 2022
Math
67.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +13.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2022-23 | 55.8% | 54.2% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Baltic Elementary - 02
Baltic Elementary - 02's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Elementary - 02 this school | 307 | 16.0% | 63.8% |
| West Elementary - 03 Spearfish | 322 | 17.1% | 56.0% |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 Elk Point | 334 | 17.1% | 44.2% |
| Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 Dell Rapids | 355 | 12.7% | 72.2% |
| Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 Volga | 372 | 14.0% | 54.3% |
| West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 Hartford | 368 | 13.3% | 59.2% |
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 Baltic Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #25 of 193 | #9 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #34 of 199 ▲ 34 | #10 of 35 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #38 of 202 ▲ 2 | #9 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #91 of 331 | #27 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #118 of 131 | #24 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #110 of 131 | #28 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.0% | #191 of 209 | #29 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.8% | #10 of 36 | #3 of 13 |
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
307
+41 (+15%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 206
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 307 | 18.1 | 16.9:1 | 16% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 18.5 | 16.4:1 | 15% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 19.6 | 16.2:1 | 14% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 21% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 17.3 | 15.3:1 | 18% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 22% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 228 | 15 | 15.2:1 | 26% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 14 | 13.9:1 | 8% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 206 | 12 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baltic Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (265 to 307); teachers up 5% (17.3 to 18.1).
About Baltic Elementary - 02
Baltic Elementary - 02 is a large elementary school based in Baltic, South Dakota. The school enrolls 307 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average enrollment is about 204.
Besides Baltic Elementary - 02, Baltic School District 49-1 runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 568 students.
Roughly 90% of students at Baltic Elementary - 02 are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. By comparison, Minnehaha County residents are about 80% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Baltic Elementary - 02 reports a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher, from 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota is 1.5 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Baltic Elementary - 02, 16% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County, the school's rate is lower.
Baltic Elementary - 02 holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Baltic Elementary - 02 posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.8%, compared with a predicted 56.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Minnehaha County area, median household income comes to about $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Minnehaha County counts 83 public schools with about 34,919 students.
Measured in a straight line, Baltic Middle School - 03 is less than a tenth of a mile from Baltic Elementary - 02. The five-mile area around Baltic Elementary - 02 holds 2 other public schools. The school's 63.8% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 6 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Baltic Elementary - 02 is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Baltic Elementary - 02 had a net gain of 41 students, or 15%.
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Minnehaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,289
Census ACS
Median income
$76,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
34,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltic School District 49-1
- Baltic High School - 01High · 151 students
- Baltic Middle School - 03Middle · 110 students
Other schools in Baltic
- Baltic High School - 01High · 151 students
- Baltic Middle School - 03Middle · 110 students
Other Baltic Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Baltic Elementary. Baltic Elementary - 02 is the largest of the 2.
- Baltic Elementary SchoolBaltic, OH · 139 students
Nearby schools
- Baltic Middle School - 030.0 mi · 110
- Baltic High School - 010.0 mi · 151
- Dell Rapids Elementary - 025.1 mi · 355
- Dell Rapids High School - 015.3 mi · 315
- Dell Rapids Middle School - 035.3 mi · 295
- Renberg Elementary - 427.9 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Baltic Elementary - 02How large is Baltic Elementary - 02?
Baltic Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
Is Baltic Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Baltic Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Baltic Elementary - 02?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Baltic Elementary - 02.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baltic Elementary - 02?
At Baltic Elementary - 02, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Baltic Elementary - 02 public or private?
Baltic Elementary - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltic School District 49-1.
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