Enrollment
186
Elementary
DISTRICT 75 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 05-3·NCES 462139000187
Elkton Elementary - 02
508 Buffalo St, Elkton, SD 57026 · (605) 542-2541 · Brookings County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- ·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
10.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
80 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 13 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 5% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Based on grade levels within Elkton School District 05-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.6%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.5pp since 2022
Math
42.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +19.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 20 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 38.8% |
| 2022-23 | 35.1% | 22.7% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Elkton Elementary - 02
Elkton Elementary - 02's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkton Elementary - 02 this school | 186 | 43.0% | 39.1% |
| Estelline Elementary - 02 Estelline | 149 | 34.9% | 54.9% |
| Hill City Elementary - 02 Hill City | 247 | 31.6% | 47.4% |
| Stewart Elementary - 05 Yankton | 271 | 38.0% | 45.6% |
| Freeman Elementary - 02 Freeman | 192 | 32.8% | 48.5% |
| Milbank Elementary - 03 Milbank | 408 | 38.5% | 63.4% |
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 Elkton Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Brookings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #144 of 193 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #135 of 199 ▲ 16 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #139 of 202 ▼ 5 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #136 of 331 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #68 of 209 | #1 of 6 |
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
186
-7 (-4%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 171
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 186 | 18.5 | 10.1:1 | 43% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 18.8 | 10.8:1 | 37% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 16.2 | 12.7:1 | 33% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 193 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 30% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 14.9 | 12.6:1 | 36% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 173 | 13 | 13.3:1 | 36% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 150 | 13 | 11.5:1 | 35% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 16 | 12.6:1 | 30% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 10 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkton Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (188 to 186); teachers up 24% (14.9 to 18.5).
About Elkton Elementary - 02
Federal records list Elkton Elementary - 02 as an elementary school in Elkton, South Dakota. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 186 students.
Elkton School District 05-3 has 429 students spread across 5 schools.
A majority of students at Elkton Elementary - 02, 78%, are White. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Brookings County's residents are about 88% White, 10 points above the school's share. Elkton Elementary - 02 has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in South Dakota is 15.4:1, higher than at this school. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 43%. Public schools in Brookings County average 20%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Elkton Elementary - 02 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.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Elkton Elementary - 02 would score about 45.4%. It scores 39.1%, 6.3 points below that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Brookings County, median household income is about $70,064, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 21 public schools operate in Brookings County, serving about 4,921 students.
The closest public school to Elkton Elementary - 02 is Elkton Jr. High - 03, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 3.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
The number of students dropped from 193 to 186 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 12.9:1 to 10.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Elkton Elementary - 02, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Brookings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,353
Census ACS
Median income
$70,064
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkton School District 05-3
- Elkton High School - 01High · 140 students
- Elkton Jr. High - 03Middle · 65 students
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 29 students
- Rolland Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 9 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton High School - 01High · 140 students
- Elkton Jr. High - 03Middle · 65 students
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 29 students
Other Elkton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elkton Elementary. Elkton Elementary - 02 is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Elkton ElementaryElkton, VA · 269 students
- Elkton ElementaryProspect, TN · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Elkton Jr. High - 030.0 mi · 65
- Elkton High School - 010.0 mi · 140
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 044.6 mi · 29
- Rolland Colony Elementary - 059.3 mi · 9
- LAKE BENTON SECONDARY10.0 mi · 2
- LAKE BENTON ELEMENTARY10.0 mi · 100
Frequently asked questions
About Elkton Elementary - 02How many students attend Elkton Elementary - 02?
Elkton Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 186 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Elkton Elementary - 02 serve?
Elkton Elementary - 02 serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Elkton Elementary - 02?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Elkton Elementary - 02.
How diverse is Elkton Elementary - 02?
Elkton Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 78% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Elkton Elementary - 02?
Elkton Elementary - 02 is overseen by Elkton School District 05-3 in Brookings County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.