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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YANKTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 63-3·NCES 468043000791
Beadle Elementary - 03
1214 Mulberry St, Yankton, SD 57078 · (605) 665-2282 · Yankton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
136 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Yankton School District 63-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
SD avg 50.3% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
61.1%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 up about 11 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 53.5% |
| 2022-23 | 55.6% | 49.7% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 Beadle Elementary - 03
Beadle Elementary - 03's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beadle Elementary - 03 this school | 412 | 33.0% | 56.6% |
| Black Hawk Elementary - 03 Black Hawk | 305 | 34.1% | 29.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary - 09 Watertown | 333 | 32.7% | 58.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary - 06 Pierre | 377 | 35.5% | 52.9% |
| Custer Elementary - 02 Custer | 269 | 34.2% | 57.4% |
| Madison Elementary - 07 Madison | 515 | 28.5% | 53.7% |
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 Beadle Elementary - 03 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Yankton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #57 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #61 of 199 ▲ 28 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #37 of 202 ▲ 27 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #54 of 331 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #97 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #79 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #114 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #26 of 36 | N/A |
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
412
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 412 | 26.5 | 15.6:1 | 33% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 26.1 | 15.9:1 | 33% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 25.8 | 15.6:1 | 29% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 29% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 32% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 37% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 35% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 19% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 21 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beadle Elementary - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (392 to 412); teachers up 10% (24 to 26.5).
About Beadle Elementary - 03
In Yankton, South Dakota, Beadle Elementary - 03 is a large elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 412 students. The school's enrollment is 102% above the 204 average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
In Yankton School District 63-3, 6 schools enroll a combined 3,021 students.
By race and ethnicity, Beadle Elementary - 03 is 79% White. It is also 8% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Yankton County is roughly 88% White. By the diversity index, Beadle Elementary - 03 comes in at 36%.
Teachers at the school number 26.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.6:1. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is about 15.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Yankton County, the average is about the same, 34%.
Beadle Elementary - 03 is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Beadle Elementary - 03, the prediction is 49.5% and the result is 56.6%.
Beadle Elementary - 03 is located in Yankton County, where median household income is about $72,821, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 11 public schools in Yankton County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,321.
The closest public school to Beadle Elementary - 03 is Webster Elementary - 06, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Beadle Elementary - 03 comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 386 in 2020-21 and 412 in 2024-25, a 7% increase.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Beadle Elementary - 03 covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Yankton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,414
Census ACS
Median income
$72,821
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,321 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yankton School District 63-3
- Yankton High School - 01High · 923 students
- Yankton Middle School - 02Middle · 608 students
- Lincoln Elementary - 04Elementary · 416 students
- Webster Elementary - 06Elementary · 391 students
- Stewart Elementary - 05Elementary · 271 students
- Trailhead Learning CenterElementary
Other schools in Yankton
- Yankton High School - 01High · 923 students
- Yankton Middle School - 02Middle · 608 students
- Lincoln Elementary - 04Elementary · 416 students
- Webster Elementary - 06Elementary · 391 students
- Stewart Elementary - 05Elementary · 271 students
- Trailhead Learning CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Webster Elementary - 060.5 mi · 391
- Yankton Middle School - 020.6 mi · 608
- Lincoln Elementary - 040.7 mi · 416
- Stewart Elementary - 050.8 mi · 271
- Yankton High School - 011.2 mi · 923
- Gayville-Volin High School - 0110.8 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Beadle Elementary - 03How large is Beadle Elementary - 03?
Beadle Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-05.
Is Beadle Elementary - 03 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beadle Elementary - 03 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beadle Elementary - 03?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beadle Elementary - 03 is approximately 15.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beadle Elementary - 03?
At Beadle Elementary - 03, the student body is approximately 79% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Beadle Elementary - 03 public or private?
Beadle Elementary - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yankton School District 63-3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.