Clear Lake Elementary - 02

Located at 410 5th St W, in Clear Lake, South Dakota, Clear Lake Elementary - 02 is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that serves 270 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Deuel School District 19-4. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Clear Lake Elementary - 02 sits 32% above that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Deuel School District 19-4 (550 students total), Clear Lake Elementary - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clear Lake Elementary - 02 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Deuel County as a whole.

On the resource side, Clear Lake Elementary - 02 lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Clear Lake Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clear Lake Elementary - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Deuel County put the typical household earns roughly $83,112 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clear Lake Elementary - 02 is one of 4 public schools in Deuel County (combined enrollment of about 775 students).

Nearest neighbor: Deuel High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Clear Lake Elementary - 02. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clear Lake Elementary - 02 at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

Clear Lake Elementary - 02 operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clear Lake Elementary - 02 has fell 4%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 91% to 95% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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