Edmunds Central Elementary - 05

As a tiny primary school in Roscoe, South Dakota, Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 teaches 61 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Edmunds Central School District 22-5. That puts it 70% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Edmunds Central School District 22-5 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 144 students; Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 is among them.

On demographics, Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 95%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 37.5%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the broader community, Edmunds County reports that median household income runs about $81,630, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Edmunds County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 684 students), of which Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edmunds Central Middle School - 02, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Edmunds Central Elementary - 05. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.