Eureka Elementary - 02

Set in Eureka, South Dakota, Eureka Elementary - 02 is a small K-5 school, one of the schools within Eureka School District 44-1. It caters to 94 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 204.

Eureka School District 44-1 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 163 students. Eureka Elementary - 02 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eureka Elementary - 02 logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 10% Native American, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 97% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Eureka Elementary - 02 has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Eureka Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eureka Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 50.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for McPherson County shows median household income runs about $66,906, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across McPherson County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 345 students), Eureka Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Eureka High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eureka Elementary - 02.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eureka Elementary - 02 has ticked up 12%, going from 84 students in 2018 to 94 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 100% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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