Colman Elementary - 03

Colman Elementary - 03 operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Colman, South Dakota, overseen by Colman-Egan School District 50-5. Current enrollment sits at 193 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Colman-Egan School District 50-5 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 329 students. Colman Elementary - 03 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Colman Elementary - 03 shows that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Colman Elementary - 03 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Moody County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Colman Elementary - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 49.9%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Moody County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,427, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colman Elementary - 03 is one of 8 public schools in Moody County (combined enrollment of about 1,193 students).

The closest other public school is Colman-Egan High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Colman Elementary - 03. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colman Elementary - 03 at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colman Elementary - 03 has grew 46%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 193 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 96% to 80%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Colman Elementary - 03 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.