Ethan Elementary - 02

Ethan Elementary - 02, an intimate elementary campus in Ethan, South Dakota, run under Ethan School District 17-1, enrolls 155 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Ethan School District 17-1 (287 students total), Ethan Elementary - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ethan Elementary - 02 records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Davison County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Davison County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ethan Elementary - 02 ranks in the top 10% of South Dakota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.2%; Ethan Elementary - 02 posts 68.3%, +16.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Davison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,208 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Davison County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students), of which Ethan Elementary - 02 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ethan High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ethan Elementary - 02.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 150 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.