Beadle Elementary - 03

As a heavily attended elementary-level community in Yankton, South Dakota, Beadle Elementary - 03 serves 412 students from grades K through 5, run under Yankton School District 63-3. That puts it 102% bigger than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Within Yankton School District 63-3, which oversees 6 schools and 3,021 students, Beadle Elementary - 03 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Beadle Elementary - 03 records that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Beadle Elementary - 03 has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at Beadle Elementary - 03 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beadle Elementary - 03 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 56.6%.

Across the wider county, Yankton County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,821, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Yankton County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,321 students), Beadle Elementary - 03 is one campus in the mix.

Webster Elementary - 06 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Beadle Elementary - 03 comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 79%.

On the community side, members of the Beadle Elementary - 03 community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.