Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02

Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 is a small elementary campus in Bridgewater, South Dakota, run under Bridgewater-Emery 30-3. The school works with 143 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 (328 students total), Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 63.4%.

Around the school, McCook County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,852, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McCook County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,172 students), of which Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 is one.

Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 143). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 9% to 3%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.