Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02

Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 operates as a well-populated elementary school in Elk Point, South Dakota, part of Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7. Current enrollment sits at 334 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 64% bigger than typical.

Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 697 students; Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is among them.

Demographically, Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,636 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Union County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,037 students), Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02. On composite proficiency, Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 has stayed largely flat, going from 332 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.