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Camelot Intermediate - 06
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Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Camelot Intermediate - 06
Located at 1401 15th St S, in Brookings, South Dakota, Camelot Intermediate - 06 is a large elementary campus that enrolls 523 students (grades 4 through 5), operated by Brookings School District 05-1. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 156% larger than typical.
Brookings School District 05-1 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,546 students. Camelot Intermediate - 06 is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Camelot Intermediate - 06 logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder is composed of 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Camelot Intermediate - 06 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 44.2%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Brookings County indicate median household income runs about $70,064, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Brookings County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,921 students), of which Camelot Intermediate - 06 is one.
The closest other public school is George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Camelot Intermediate - 06 comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.
The campus sits in a town-based setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Camelot Intermediate - 06 has edged down 9%, going from 576 students in 2018 to 523 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.
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- Medary Elementary - 050.9 mi · 358
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