Enrollment
179
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAKOTA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 61-8·NCES 463699001075
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04
1150 Northshore Dr, North Sioux City, SD 57049 · (605) 422-3830 · Union County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL179 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 85 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 53% |
Student demographics
47%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
Feeds from
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
45.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 45.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.4% | 46.5% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Upper Elementary - 04
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 this school | 179 | 16.2% | 52.6% |
| Mountain View Elementary - 08 Spearfish | 168 | 20.8% | 56.0% |
| Colman Elementary - 03 Colman | 193 | 23.3% | 49.9% |
| Challenge Center - 51 Sioux Falls | 165 | 15.8% | 95.0% |
| Freeman Elementary - 02 Freeman | 192 | 32.8% | 48.5% |
| Dakota Valley Elementary - 02 North Sioux City | 386 | 15.8% | 55.0% |
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 Upper Elementary - 04 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #84 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #122 of 199 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #59 of 202 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 179 | #144 of 331 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #189 of 209 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #26 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
179
-40 (-18%) vs 2020
+77% since 2000-01, when it was 101
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 179 | 12.8 | 14.0:1 | 16% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 15.4 | 13.4:1 | 18% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 15.5 | 15.0:1 | 14% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 219 | 15 | 14.6:1 | 8% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 16.6 | 12.8:1 | 19% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 200 | 11 | 18.2:1 | 16% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 187 | 10 | 18.7:1 | 14% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 101 | 9 | 11.2:1 | 20% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (213 to 179); teachers down 23% (16.6 to 12.8).
About Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 is a mid-sized elementary school in North Sioux City, South Dakota, one of the schools in Dakota Valley School District 61-8. It reported 179 students in grades 4 through 5 in 2024-25.
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 belongs to Dakota Valley School District 61-8, a district of 4 schools and 1,341 students.
About 71% of the student body at Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 is White. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Black. By comparison, Union County residents are about 90% White. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 are from different groups.
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1, with 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 16% at Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04. That is in line with the 19% average for public schools in Union County.
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 51% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04, the prediction is 56.4% and the result is 52.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Union County show that the median household earns about $89,636 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Union County, 14 public schools serve about 3,037 students.
Dakota Valley Middle School - 03 sits less than a tenth of a mile from Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. The school's 52.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased 18% over 4 years, reaching 179 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 Elementary - 02Elementary · 386 students
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 03Middle · 345 students
Other schools in North Sioux City
- Dakota Valley High School - 01High · 431 students
- Dakota Valley Elementary - 02Elementary · 386 students
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 03Middle · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 030.0 mi · 345
- Dakota Valley High School - 010.0 mi · 431
- Dakota Valley Elementary - 020.1 mi · 386
- Riverside Elementary School3.3 mi · 227
- West Middle School4.6 mi · 826
- West High School4.8 mi · 1,308
Frequently asked questions
About Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04How many students attend Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04?
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 enrolls approximately 179 students in grades 04-05.
Is Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 have?
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04?
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 reports a student body of 71% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 public or private?
Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dakota Valley School District 61-8.
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