Creekside Elementary - 07

Creekside Elementary - 07 is an elementary-level community of expansive scale in Spearfish, South Dakota, run under Spearfish School District 40-2, instructing 553 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 171% above the state mean of about 204.

Within Spearfish School District 40-2, which oversees 7 schools and 2,398 students, Creekside Elementary - 07 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Creekside Elementary - 07 records that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Lawrence County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Creekside Elementary - 07 has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Creekside Elementary - 07 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 54.1%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,384 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lawrence County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,183 students), of which Creekside Elementary - 07 is one.

The closest other public school is Spearfish High School - 01, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creekside Elementary - 07 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creekside Elementary - 07 has declined 10%, going from 612 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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