Deubrook Elementary - 03

Deubrook Elementary - 03 is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Toronto, South Dakota, run under Deubrook Area School District 05-6, with 225 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Deubrook Area School District 05-6 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 429 students; Deubrook Elementary - 03 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Deubrook Elementary - 03 lists that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest consists of 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Deuel County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Deubrook Elementary - 03 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at Deubrook Elementary - 03 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Deubrook Elementary - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of -7.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Deuel County indicate median household income runs about $83,112, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Deuel County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 775 students), of which Deubrook Elementary - 03 is one.

The closest other public school is Red Willow Colony School - 09, roughly 5.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deubrook Elementary - 03 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 29%: 174 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.