Enrollment
60
Elementary
DISTRICT 40 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG STONE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 25-1·NCES 460696000053
Big Stone City Elementary - 01
655 Walnut St, Big Stone City, SD 57216 · (605) 862-8108 · Grant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL60 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% 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.
- ABeats 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
9.6:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
36 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 14 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 15% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Big Stone City Elementary - 01→Big Stone City Middle School - 03
Based on grade levels within Big Stone City School District 25-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
SD avg 50.3% . +4.7pp since 2022
Math
64.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -22.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 22 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 64.7% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 57.1% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 86.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Big Stone City Elementary - 01
Big Stone City Elementary - 01's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Stone City Elementary - 01 this school | 60 | 60.0% | 60.9% |
| Jones County Elementary - 02 Murdo | 74 | 59.5% | 76.4% |
| Colome Elementary - 02 Colome | 65 | 53.8% | 42.4% |
| Edgemont Elementary - 03 Edgemont | 93 | 51.6% | 39.5% |
| Waubay Elementary - 02 Waubay | 88 | 64.8% | 53.3% |
| South Central Elementary - 03 Bonesteel | 52 | 69.2% | 56.3% |
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 Big Stone City Elementary - 01 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 60 | #238 of 331 |
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
60
+16 (+36%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 118
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 5.5:1
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 | 60 | 6.3 | 9.6:1 | 60% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 57 | 6.8 | 8.4:1 | 51% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 66 | 7.2 | 9.2:1 | 39% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 44 | 8 | 5.5:1 | 36% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 71 | 9.3 | 7.7:1 | 59% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 78 | 8 | 9.8:1 | 40% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 76 | 8 | 9.5:1 | 29% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 62 | 9 | 6.9:1 | 23% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 118 | 11 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Stone City Elementary - 01.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (71 to 60); teachers down 32% (9.3 to 6.3).
About Big Stone City Elementary - 01
Big Stone City Elementary - 01 is a small elementary school in Big Stone City, South Dakota, one of the schools in Big Stone City School District 25-1. A federal count lists 60 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in South Dakota) has about 204 students.
Big Stone City Elementary - 01 belongs to Big Stone City School District 25-1, a district of 2 schools and 79 students.
At Big Stone City Elementary - 01, White students make up 80% of the student body. Smaller groups are 13% Native American and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 91% of Grant County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Big Stone City Elementary - 01 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
At Big Stone City Elementary - 01, 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. Roughly 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Grant County averages 34%, lower than here.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Big Stone City Elementary - 01 receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Big Stone City Elementary - 01 would score about 38.4%. It scores 60.9%, a top-10% result among South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations.
Grant County has about 7,563 residents, and median household income is about $75,028, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Grant County number 7 and enroll about 1,072.
The nearest public school is Big Stone City Middle School - 03, at less than a tenth of a mile. Big Stone City Elementary - 01 has 3 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Big Stone City Elementary - 01 ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 60, 36% above the 44 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 5.5 in 2020-21 to 9.6 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Big Stone City Elementary - 01 covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,563
Census ACS
Median income
$75,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Big Stone City School District 25-1
- Big Stone City Middle School - 03Middle · 19 students
Other schools in Big Stone City
- Big Stone City Middle School - 03Middle · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Big Stone City Middle School - 030.0 mi · 19
- Knoll Elementary1.5 mi · 282
- Ortonville Secondary1.5 mi · 228
- Milbank High School - 019.4 mi · 333
- Milbank Middle School - 029.4 mi · 222
- Milbank Elementary - 039.4 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Big Stone City Elementary - 01How many students attend Big Stone City Elementary - 01?
Big Stone City Elementary - 01 enrolls approximately 60 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Big Stone City Elementary - 01 serve?
Big Stone City Elementary - 01 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Big Stone City Elementary - 01 have?
Big Stone City Elementary - 01 employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Big Stone City Elementary - 01?
Student demographics at Big Stone City Elementary - 01 are roughly 80% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Big Stone City Elementary - 01 public or private?
Big Stone City Elementary - 01 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Big Stone City School District 25-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.