Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAKOTA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 61-8·NCES 463699000251
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02
80 Northshore Dr, North Sioux City, SD 57049 · (605) 422-3840 · Union County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- C+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
13.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
61 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 103 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 23% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02→Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04→Dakota Valley Middle School - 03→Dakota Valley High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Dakota Valley School District 61-8. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
SD avg 50.3% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
57.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -7.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 55.7% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 65.6% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Dakota Valley Elementary - 02
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 this school | 386 | 15.8% | 55.0% |
| Hillcrest Elementary - 04 Brookings | 316 | 26.3% | 41.7% |
| Endeavor Elementary - 07 Sioux Falls | 358 | 12.6% | 56.6% |
| Corral Drive Elementary - 21 Rapid City | 439 | 6.2% | 61.3% |
| Journey Elementary - 05 Sioux Falls | 340 | 16.5% | 62.5% |
| Pinedale Elementary - 11 Rapid City | 377 | 14.1% | 58.4% |
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 Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #66 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #74 of 199 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #91 of 202 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #61 of 331 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #42 of 131 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #63 of 131 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #192 of 209 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #82 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
386
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
+51% since 2000-01, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 386 | 29.8 | 13.0:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 31.1 | 12.2:1 | 17% (66) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 30.3 | 12.1:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 33.5 | 11.8:1 | 18% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 17% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 18% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 24% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dakota Valley Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (396 to 386); teachers down 11% (33.5 to 29.8).
About Dakota Valley Elementary - 02
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 is a large elementary school in South Dakota, located in North Sioux City. Federal data show 386 students enrolled in kindergarten through 3 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll around 204, and this school is 89% bigger than that mark.
Dakota Valley School District 61-8 enrolls 1,341 students, and its 4 schools include Dakota Valley Elementary - 02.
Federal enrollment data show Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 is 74% White. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Native American. The school's White share is 16 points below the 90% share among Union County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
The school's 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. Income data for the school show 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 19% average for public schools in Union County.
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.5% for Dakota Valley Elementary - 02. The school posts 55.0%, 1.6 points below the prediction.
Census data for Union County show the median household earns about $89,636 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Union County number 14, with about 3,037 students.
Of the public schools around it, Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 is closest to Dakota Valley High School - 01, about 0.1 miles away. Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 has 7 other public schools within five miles. Dakota Valley Elementary - 02's average proficiency of 55.0% compares with 58.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment fell 4% over 4 years, reaching 386 in 2024-25.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,081
Census ACS
Median income
$89,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,037 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dakota Valley School District 61-8
- Dakota Valley High School - 01High · 431 students
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 03Middle · 345 students
- Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04Elementary · 179 students
Other schools in North Sioux City
- Dakota Valley High School - 01High · 431 students
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 03Middle · 345 students
- Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04Elementary · 179 students
Other Dakota Valley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dakota Valley Elementary. Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dakota Valley Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Dakota Valley High School - 010.1 mi · 431
- Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 040.1 mi · 179
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 030.1 mi · 345
- Riverside Elementary School3.3 mi · 227
- West Middle School4.6 mi · 826
- West High School4.7 mi · 1,308
Frequently asked questions
About Dakota Valley Elementary - 02What is the total enrollment at Dakota Valley Elementary - 02?
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 386 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 serve?
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dakota Valley Elementary - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 is approximately 13.0:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dakota Valley Elementary - 02?
At Dakota Valley Elementary - 02, the student body is approximately 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 in?
Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 is part of Dakota Valley School District 61-8.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.