Enrollment
65
Middle
DISTRICT 86 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 05-3·NCES 462139000901
Elkton Jr. High - 03
508 Buffalo St, Elkton, SD 57026 · (605) 542-2541 · Brookings County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL65 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
22 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Elkton Jr. High - 03→Elkton High School - 01
Feeds from
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
27.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -13.7pp since 2022
Math
17.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -17.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
65
-1 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.3:1
% White
85%
was 85%
% Hispanic
9%
was 11%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Elkton Jr. High - 03
Elkton Jr. High - 03, a rural-scale 6-8 campus in Elkton, South Dakota, one of the schools within Elkton School District 05-3, caters to 65 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 187 students each, so Elkton Jr. High - 03 sits 65% smaller than that benchmark.
Elkton Jr. High - 03 is one of 5 schools operated by Elkton School District 05-3, a district that caters to 429 students overall.
Demographically, Elkton Jr. High - 03 records that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 34% of students at Elkton Jr. High - 03 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Brookings County runs at roughly 20%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elkton Jr. High - 03 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.1%; this one comes in at 26.3%, -22.9 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Brookings County put median household earnings sit near $70,064, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Brookings County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,921 students), Elkton Jr. High - 03 is one campus in the mix.
Elkton Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Elkton Jr. High - 03's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 66 (now 65). Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Elkton Jr. High - 03 typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Elementary - 02Elementary · 186 students
- Elkton High School - 01High · 140 students
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 29 students
- Rolland Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 9 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton Elementary - 02Elementary · 186 students
- Elkton High School - 01High · 140 students
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Elkton Elementary - 020.0 mi · 186
- 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 Jr. High - 03What is the total enrollment at Elkton Jr. High - 03?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 65 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Elkton Jr. High - 03 serve?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Elkton Jr. High - 03 have?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Elkton Jr. High - 03?
Student demographics at Elkton Jr. High - 03 are roughly 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is Elkton Jr. High - 03 in?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 is part of Elkton School District 05-3.
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