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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-2·NCES 460795000414
Brandon Elementary - 03
501 Holly Blvd, Brandon, SD 57005 · (605) 582-6315 · Minnehaha County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- A+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
15.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
217 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 154 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (154) is 20% larger than its 4th grade class (128).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Brandon Elementary - 03→Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07→Brandon Valley Middle School - 02→Brandon Valley High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Brandon Valley School District 49-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
SD avg 50.3% . -2.4pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +4.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 75.4% |
| 2022-23 | 69.9% | 66.9% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 21 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 Brandon Elementary - 03
Brandon Elementary - 03's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Elementary - 03 this school | 728 | 29.8% | 71.6% |
| Discovery Elementary - 26 Sioux Falls | 873 | 21.9% | 57.2% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls | 661 | 37.5% | 57.8% |
| John Harris Elementary - 23 Sioux Falls | 666 | 21.0% | 60.9% |
| Vermillion Elementary - 05 Vermillion | 625 | 35.8% | N/A |
| Freedom Elementary - 06 Harrisburg | 442 | 23.3% | 37.8% |
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 Brandon Elementary - 03 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #11 of 193 | #5 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #27 of 199 ▼ 14 | #7 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #23 of 202 ▼ 15 | #7 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #4 of 331 | #3 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #91 of 131 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #74 of 131 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #126 of 209 | #21 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.8% | #4 of 36 | #2 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
728
+108 (+17%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 728 | 48.1 | 15.1:1 | 30% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 46.1 | 14.8:1 | 19% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 47.5 | 14.8:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 40.9 | 14.0:1 | 26% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 30% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 20% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 12% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brandon Elementary - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (574 to 728); teachers up 17% (40.9 to 48.1).
About Brandon Elementary - 03
Brandon Elementary - 03 is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in Brandon, South Dakota. Its grade span covers pre-K through 4, with 728 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll around 204, and this school is 257% bigger than that mark.
Brandon Elementary - 03 is part of a district of 8 schools: Brandon Valley School District 49-2, with 5,182 students.
More than half of enrollment at Brandon Elementary - 03 is White: 78%. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. In Minnehaha County overall, the White share is about 80%. The diversity index for Brandon Elementary - 03 is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in South Dakota is similar, at 15.4:1. By family income, 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Brandon Elementary - 03 lands at A+, ahead of 96% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Brandon Elementary - 03 ranks in the top 10% of South Dakota schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 71.6%. Predicted: 50.8%. Difference: 20.8 points.
The school is in Minnehaha County, where median household income comes to about $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Minnehaha County's 83 public schools enroll about 34,919 students and include Brandon Elementary - 03.
Brandon Elementary - 03's closest public school neighbor is Brandon Valley Middle School - 02, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Brandon Elementary - 03 is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Brandon Elementary - 03 is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 17% gain, from 620 to 728.
Brandon Elementary - 03 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Brandon Valley School District 49-2
- Brandon Valley High School - 01High · 1,381 students
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07Middle · 829 students
- Brandon Valley Middle School - 02Middle · 759 students
- Robert Bennis Elementary - 05Elementary · 542 students
- Fred Assam Elementary - 06Elementary · 531 students
- Inspiration Elementary - 08Elementary · 345 students
Other schools in Brandon
- Brandon Valley High School - 01High · 1,381 students
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07Middle · 829 students
- Brandon Valley Middle School - 02Middle · 759 students
- Robert Bennis Elementary - 05Elementary · 542 students
- Brandon Valley Distance Learning Academy Elementary - 94Combined
- Brandon Valley Distance Learning Academy High School - 92Combined
Other Brandon Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Brandon Elementary. Brandon Elementary - 03 is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Brandon ElementaryBrandon, MS · 743 students
- Brandon ElementaryGoleta, CA · 429 students
- Brandon Elementary SchoolLUFKIN, TX · 386 students
- Brandon ElementaryBRANDON, MN · 107 students
- Brandon ElementaryBrandon, WI · 95 students
Nearby schools
- Brandon Valley Middle School - 020.3 mi · 759
- Brandon Valley High School - 010.6 mi · 1,381
- Robert Bennis Elementary - 051.6 mi · 542
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 071.6 mi · 829
- Fred Assam Elementary - 063.9 mi · 531
- Washington High School - 015.2 mi · 1,819
Frequently asked questions
About Brandon Elementary - 03How many students attend Brandon Elementary - 03?
Brandon Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Brandon Elementary - 03 serve?
Brandon Elementary - 03 serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Brandon Elementary - 03?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Brandon Elementary - 03.
How diverse is Brandon Elementary - 03?
Brandon Elementary - 03 reports a student body of 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Brandon Elementary - 03 in?
Brandon Elementary - 03 is part of Brandon Valley School District 49-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.