Enrollment
93
Elementary
DISTRICT 60 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDGEMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT 23-1·NCES 462085000181
Edgemont Elementary - 03
715 Mogul Way, Edgemont, SD 57735 · (605) 662-7254 · Fall River County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
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
8.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
48 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (10).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Edgemont Elementary - 03→Edgemont High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Edgemont School District 23-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.3%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
35.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +8.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 34.6% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 27.3% |
% 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
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Edgemont Elementary - 03
Edgemont Elementary - 03's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont Elementary - 03 this school | 93 | 51.6% | 39.5% |
| Wilmot Elementary - 02 Wilmot | 112 | 48.2% | 33.3% |
| Waverly-South Shore Elementary - 02 Waverly | 128 | 50.8% | 34.1% |
| North Park Elementary - 08 Belle Fourche | 89 | 44.9% | 43.3% |
| Eureka Elementary - 02 Eureka | 94 | 44.7% | 50.5% |
| Tripp Elementary - 03 Tripp | 88 | 42.0% | 27.9% |
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 Edgemont Elementary - 03 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #216 of 331 |
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
93
-13 (-12%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 116
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 93 | 10.9 | 8.5:1 | 52% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 98 | 11.4 | 8.6:1 | 44% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 107 | 11.7 | 9.2:1 | 40% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 106 | 10 | 10.6:1 | 49% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 104 | 11 | 9.4:1 | 49% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 107 | 13 | 8.2:1 | 40% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 114 | 10 | 11.4:1 | 45% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 76 | 8 | 9.5:1 | 70% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 116 | 6 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgemont Elementary - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (104 to 93); teachers down 1% (11 to 10.9).
About Edgemont Elementary - 03
Edgemont Elementary - 03 is a low-enrollment elementary school in Edgemont, South Dakota, one of the schools in Edgemont School District 23-1. Its 93 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Edgemont School District 23-1 is responsible for 2 schools, Edgemont Elementary - 03 included, with 119 students in all.
White students make up 84% of enrollment at Edgemont Elementary - 03. Other students are 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Native American. For comparison, Fall River County is about 84% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 29% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Edgemont Elementary - 03 is 10.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 8.5:1. That is 6.9 students per teacher below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Around 52% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Fall River County average 43%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Edgemont Elementary - 03 receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In South Dakota, Edgemont Elementary - 03 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.5% actual against a predicted 41.9%.
Fall River County has these Census figures: the median household income is $67,917, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. In all, Fall River County has 8 public schools and roughly 953 students.
Of nearby public schools, Edgemont High School - 01 is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Edgemont Elementary - 03's enrollment declined from 106 in 2020-21 to 93 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.5:1, from 10.6:1.
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Fall River County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,258
Census ACS
Median income
$67,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
953 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edgemont School District 23-1
- Edgemont High School - 01High · 26 students
Other Edgemont Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Edgemont Elementary. Edgemont Elementary - 03 is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Edgemont ElementaryNewport, TN · 541 students
- Edgemont ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 482 students
- Edgemont Elementary SchoolBELLEVILLE, MI · 358 students
- Edgemont Elementary SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJ · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Edgemont High School - 010.0 mi · 26
- Hot Springs Elementary - 0219.7 mi · 306
- Hot Springs Middle School - 0619.9 mi · 189
- Hot Springs High School - 0119.9 mi · 215
- Elk Mountain Elementary - 0128.5 mi · 14
- Elk Mountain High School - 0428.5 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Edgemont Elementary - 03How large is Edgemont Elementary - 03?
Edgemont Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 93 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Edgemont Elementary - 03 serve?
Edgemont Elementary - 03 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Edgemont Elementary - 03?
Approximately 8.5:1 students per teacher at Edgemont Elementary - 03.
What is the student diversity at Edgemont Elementary - 03?
Student demographics at Edgemont Elementary - 03 are roughly 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Edgemont Elementary - 03?
Edgemont Elementary - 03 is overseen by Edgemont School District 23-1 in Fall River County.
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