Centerville Elementary - 02

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Centerville, South Dakota, Centerville Elementary - 02 instructs 108 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Centerville School District 60-1. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Centerville Elementary - 02 sits 47% below that benchmark.

Centerville School District 60-1 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 263 students. Centerville Elementary - 02 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Centerville Elementary - 02 reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Centerville Elementary - 02 logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at Centerville Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Centerville Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Turner County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,771 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Turner County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,459 students), Centerville Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Centerville Middle School - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centerville Elementary - 02 at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Centerville Elementary - 02 has decreased 34%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 108 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Centerville Elementary - 02 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.