Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK POINT-JEFFERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 61-7·NCES 462134000185
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02
500 S Franklin St, Elk Point, SD 57025 · (605) 356-5801 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
57 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02→Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03→Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
SD avg 50.3% . -6.1pp since 2022
Math
44.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 45.6% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 43.1% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 this school | 334 | 17.1% | 44.2% |
| Baltic Elementary - 02 Baltic | 307 | 16.0% | 63.8% |
| West Elementary - 03 Spearfish | 322 | 17.1% | 56.0% |
| West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 Hartford | 368 | 13.3% | 59.2% |
| Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 Volga | 372 | 14.0% | 54.3% |
| Lennox Elementary - 02 Lennox | 362 | 20.4% | 71.2% |
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 Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #124 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #127 of 199 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #140 of 202 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #81 of 331 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #36 of 131 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #112 of 131 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #185 of 209 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #34 of 36 |
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
334
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 334 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 17% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 25.9 | 12.9:1 | 20% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 24.8 | 13.0:1 | 15% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 23% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 24.4 | 13.6:1 | 23% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 24% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 18% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 180 | 9 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (332 to 334); teachers up 6% (24.4 to 26).
About Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is an elementary school in Elk Point, South Dakota, according to federal school records. Federal data show 334 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average enrollment is about 204.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 totals 697 students.
Roughly 90% of students at Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 are White. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Union County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 comes to 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in South Dakota is 15.4:1. Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 counts 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Union County is close, at 19%.
Among South Dakota public elementary schools, Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.0% for Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02. The school posts 44.2%, 11.8 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Union County, median household income comes to about $89,636, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 14 public schools and about 3,037 students.
Among nearby public schools, Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03 is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.5%; Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02's is 44.2%, ranking 6th of 6.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 14 students, from 320 to 334.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,081
Census ACS
Median income
$89,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,037 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7
- Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01High · 212 students
- Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03Middle · 151 students
Other schools in Elk Point
- Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 01High · 212 students
- Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03Middle · 151 students
Nearby schools
- Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 030.1 mi · 151
- Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 010.1 mi · 212
- PONCA HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 198
- PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 128
- Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 0412.4 mi · 179
- Dakota Valley Middle School - 0312.4 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02How many students attend Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02?
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
Is Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is approximately 12.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02?
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02?
Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 is overseen by Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 in Union County.
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