Frederick Area Elementary - 02

Frederick Area Elementary - 02, a low-enrollment primary school in Frederick, South Dakota, one of the schools within Frederick Area School District 06-2, educates 98 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 204.

Across the 3 schools in Frederick Area School District 06-2 (187 students total), Frederick Area Elementary - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Frederick Area Elementary - 02 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Frederick Area Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Brown County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frederick Area Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.1%, the actual is 63.8%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Brown County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,898, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Brown County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students), of which Frederick Area Elementary - 02 is one.

Frederick Area Middle School - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frederick Area Elementary - 02's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 88 (now 98). Class-load math has loosened: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.