Canistota Elementary - 02

Canistota Elementary - 02 is a low-enrollment elementary school in Canistota, South Dakota, part of Canistota School District 43-1. The school enrolls 141 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 204.

Canistota School District 43-1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 308 students; Canistota Elementary - 02 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Canistota Elementary - 02 lists that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at Canistota Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Canistota Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Around the school, census data for McCook County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,852 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across McCook County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,172 students), Canistota Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Canistota Middle School - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Canistota Elementary - 02 comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.

Canistota Elementary - 02 operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Canistota Elementary - 02 has edged up 31%, going from 108 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 92% to 86%.

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