Colome Elementary - 02

Colome Elementary - 02 is a primary school of minimally staffed scale in Colome, South Dakota, overseen by Colome School District 59-3, instructing 65 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Colome Elementary - 02 sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

Colome School District 59-3 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 135 students; Colome Elementary - 02 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Colome Elementary - 02 logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder comes out to 20% Native American, 9% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Colome Elementary - 02 records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at Colome Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tripp County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colome Elementary - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Tripp County) shows that median household earnings sit near $58,987, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Tripp County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 962 students), Colome Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Colome 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 Colome Elementary - 02 at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Colome Elementary - 02's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 97 (now 65). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 74% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

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