Collins Colony Elementary - 06

Collins Colony Elementary - 06 is an elementary-level community of micro-enrollment scale in Iroquois, South Dakota, part of Willow Lake School District 12-3, enrolling 16 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 92% below typical.

Collins Colony Elementary - 06 is one of 6 schools operated by Willow Lake School District 12-3, a district that works with 344 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Collins Colony Elementary - 06 lists that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Collins Colony Elementary - 06 shows 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 106.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.4:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Clark County) shows that median household income runs about $70,726, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clark County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 820 students), Collins Colony Elementary - 06 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Willow Lake High School - 01, around 6.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 22 students in 2018 compared to 16 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 106.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.