Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELL RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-3·NCES 461812000164
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02
309 W 15th St, Dell Rapids, SD 57022 · (605) 428-5473 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
45 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 84 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 5% larger than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Based on grade levels within Dell Rapids School District 49-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
SD avg 50.3% . -1.5pp since 2022
Math
76.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 76.3% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 77.8% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 72.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Dell Rapids Elementary - 02
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 this school | 355 | 12.7% | 72.2% |
| Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 Volga | 372 | 14.0% | 54.3% |
| West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 Hartford | 368 | 13.3% | 59.2% |
| Baltic Elementary - 02 Baltic | 307 | 16.0% | 63.8% |
| West Central Humboldt Elementary - 02 Humboldt | 310 | 11.3% | 53.5% |
| West Elementary - 03 Spearfish | 322 | 17.1% | 56.0% |
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 Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #9 of 193 | #4 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #13 of 199 ▼ 2 | #4 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #36 of 202 ▼ 23 | #8 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #76 of 331 | #24 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #37 of 131 | #3 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #115 of 131 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #200 of 209 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #71 of 87 | #13 of 16 |
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
355
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 355 | 27.5 | 12.9:1 | 13% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 28.5 | 13.3:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 28.3 | 13.9:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 18% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 24% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 22% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 28 | 11.0:1 | 19% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 14% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 20 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dell Rapids Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (372 to 355); teachers up 10% (25 to 27.5).
About Dell Rapids Elementary - 02
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 is a large elementary school that serves part of Dell Rapids, South Dakota. The school covers kindergarten through 4 and reported 355 students in 2024-25. The school is 74% larger than the average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 belongs to Dell Rapids School District 49-3, a district of 3 schools and 965 students.
Of every 100 students at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02, about 91 are White. The remaining students are 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Minnehaha County is about 80% White. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 are from different groups.
There are about 12.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02, which has 27.5. The school's 12.9:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in South Dakota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 13%. The 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County is 29 points higher.
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 is +14.3 points, in the top 10% of South Dakota. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.2%, and the predicted rate is 57.8%.
In the wider Minnehaha County area, median household income comes to about $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Minnehaha County's 83 public schools enroll about 34,919 students and include Dell Rapids Elementary - 02.
The closest school to Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 is Dell Rapids High School - 01, located about 0.8 miles away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Dell Rapids Elementary - 02's average proficiency of 72.2% compares with 51.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 11%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Minnehaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,289
Census ACS
Median income
$76,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
34,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dell Rapids School District 49-3
- Dell Rapids High School - 01High · 315 students
- Dell Rapids Middle School - 03Middle · 295 students
Other schools in Dell Rapids
- Dell Rapids High School - 01High · 315 students
- Dell Rapids Middle School - 03Middle · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Dell Rapids High School - 010.8 mi · 315
- Dell Rapids Middle School - 030.8 mi · 295
- Baltic Middle School - 035.1 mi · 110
- Baltic Elementary - 025.1 mi · 307
- Baltic High School - 015.1 mi · 151
- Colman Elementary - 0311.2 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About Dell Rapids Elementary - 02How large is Dell Rapids Elementary - 02?
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 355 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 serve?
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02.
What is the student diversity at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02?
Student demographics at Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 public or private?
Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dell Rapids School District 49-3.
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