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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPEARFISH SCHOOL DISTRICT 40-2·NCES 466693000401
Creekside Elementary - 07
2325 N Ave, Spearfish, SD 57783 · (605) 717-1210 · Lawrence County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Dakota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
127 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 199 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 176 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 178 | 32% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 53% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Creekside Elementary - 07→Spearfish Middle School - 05
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Spearfish School District 40-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.7pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -1.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 57.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.2% | 54.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Creekside Elementary - 07
Creekside Elementary - 07's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Elementary - 07 this school | 553 | 23.0% | 54.1% |
| Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 Piedmont | 514 | 25.3% | 58.6% |
| Lawrence Elementary - 02 Canton | 411 | 22.4% | 50.4% |
| Liberty Elementary - 02 Harrisburg | 559 | 16.1% | 40.7% |
| Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 Tea | 538 | 14.5% | 64.4% |
| Lennox Elementary - 02 Lennox | 362 | 20.4% | 71.2% |
Matched among South Dakota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Creekside Elementary - 07 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #74 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #91 of 199 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #64 of 202 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #18 of 331 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #95 of 131 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #99 of 131 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #161 of 209 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #50 of 87 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
553
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
+40% since 2000-01, when it was 395
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 553 | 35.7 | 15.5:1 | 23% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 37.5 | 13.9:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 36.5 | 13.7:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 23% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 35.6 | 17.2:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 30% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 26% (102) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Elementary - 07.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (612 to 553); teachers unchanged (35.6 to 35.7).
About Creekside Elementary - 07
Creekside Elementary - 07 is a large elementary school in Spearfish, South Dakota. The school counts 553 students across grades 3 through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Spearfish School District 40-2, which runs Creekside Elementary - 07, has 7 schools and 2,398 students.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Creekside Elementary - 07. Next come 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The White share in Lawrence County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Creekside Elementary - 07 was 15.5:1. That matches the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota fairly closely. Creekside Elementary - 07's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 23%. That tracks the 22% average for public schools in Lawrence County.
allk12 grades Creekside Elementary - 07 a B. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.6%.
Lawrence County has about 27,233 residents, and the median household income is $73,384, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Lawrence County has 14 public schools and roughly 3,183 students.
Spearfish High School - 01 is located about 0.5 miles from Creekside Elementary - 07. The five-mile area around Creekside Elementary - 07 holds 6 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 49.2%, lower than Creekside Elementary - 07's 54.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Creekside Elementary - 07 is Town: Distant.
Over 4 years, Creekside Elementary - 07's enrollment grew 4%, to 553. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.3:1 to 15.5:1.
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,233
Census ACS
Median income
$73,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,183 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spearfish School District 40-2
- Spearfish High School - 01High · 787 students
- Spearfish Middle School - 05Middle · 545 students
- West Elementary - 03Elementary · 322 students
- Mountain View Elementary - 08Elementary · 168 students
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills High School - 10High · 21 students
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09Middle · 2 students
Other schools in Spearfish
- Spearfish High School - 01High · 787 students
- Spearfish Middle School - 05Middle · 545 students
- West Elementary - 03Elementary · 322 students
- Mountain View Elementary - 08Elementary · 168 students
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills High School - 10High · 21 students
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09Middle · 2 students
Other Creekside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 14 states are named Creekside Elementary. Creekside Elementary - 07 is the 11th largest of the 27.
- Creekside Elementary SchoolFranklin, TN · 780 students
- Creekside ElementarySuffolk, VA · 764 students
- Creekside ElementaryWinterville, NC · 622 students
- Creekside ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 612 students
- Creekside Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 591 students
Nearby schools
- Spearfish High School - 010.5 mi · 787
- Spearfish Middle School - 050.6 mi · 545
- West Elementary - 031.2 mi · 322
- Mountain View Elementary - 081.3 mi · 168
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 092.7 mi · 2
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills High School - 102.7 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Elementary - 07How many students attend Creekside Elementary - 07?
Creekside Elementary - 07 enrolls approximately 553 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Creekside Elementary - 07 serve?
Creekside Elementary - 07 serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Creekside Elementary - 07 have?
Creekside Elementary - 07 employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Creekside Elementary - 07?
Creekside Elementary - 07 reports a student body of 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Creekside Elementary - 07?
Creekside Elementary - 07 is overseen by Spearfish School District 40-2 in Lawrence County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.