Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03

Located at 24 W Prairie Rd, in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community that works with 281 students (grades 3 through 6), overseen by Eagle Butte School District 20-1. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 204.

Within Eagle Butte School District 20-1, which oversees 5 schools and 380 students, Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (96%). Beyond that, the school logs 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ziebach County put median household earnings sit near $53,958, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 32%. Across Ziebach County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 800 students), Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 is one campus in the mix.

Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03's enrollment has increased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 281). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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