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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Freedom Elementary - 06 this year?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-2·NCES 463135001318
Freedom Elementary - 06
1101 Tom Sawyer Trl, Harrisburg, SD 57032 · (605) 743-2567 · Lincoln County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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.
- FBeats 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
13.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
103 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -4.1pp since 2022
Math
37.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +7.2pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 36.7% |
| 2022-23 | 40.5% | 30.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 →
Schools most like Freedom Elementary - 06
Freedom Elementary - 06's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Elementary - 06 this school | 442 | 23.3% | 37.8% |
| Camelot Intermediate - 06 Brookings | 523 | 21.4% | 44.2% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary - 10 Rapid City | 478 | 24.7% | 51.7% |
| Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 Tea | 379 | 20.6% | 58.9% |
| Liberty Elementary - 02 Harrisburg | 559 | 16.1% | 40.7% |
| Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 Piedmont | 514 | 25.3% | 58.6% |
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 Freedom Elementary - 06 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #150 of 193 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #158 of 199 ▲ 3 | #11 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #157 of 202 ▼ 4 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #44 of 331 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #59 of 131 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #84 of 131 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.3% | #160 of 209 | #4 of 12 |
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
442
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 442 | 32.3 | 13.7:1 | 23% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 31.3 | 12.8:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 30.1 | 13.6:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 30.7 | 14.4:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 21% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Elementary - 06.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (442 to 442); teachers up 5% (30.7 to 32.3).
About Freedom Elementary - 06
Freedom Elementary - 06 is a high-enrollment elementary school in Harrisburg, South Dakota, under Harrisburg School District 41-2. Enrollment stands at 442 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That is 117% bigger than the average of about 204 students for elementary schools in South Dakota.
The district, Harrisburg School District 41-2, operates 11 schools serving 6,222 students.
White students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Lincoln County, the White share is about 90%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
On staff are 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota is 15.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 23% of students at Freedom Elementary - 06 are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among South Dakota public elementary schools, Freedom Elementary - 06 outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 37.8%, is 15.7 points below the 53.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
The county, Lincoln County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $99,166 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Lincoln County has 26 public schools with about 10,530 students, including Freedom Elementary - 06.
Of the public schools around it, Freedom Elementary - 06 is closest to Harrisburg High School - 01, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Freedom Elementary - 06 ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.8% against a local average of 57.3%.
Freedom Elementary - 06 is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Freedom Elementary - 06 enrolled 432; in 2024-25, 442.
The allk12 page for Freedom Elementary - 06 lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg School District 41-2
- Harrisburg High School - 01High · 1,806 students
- Liberty Elementary - 02Elementary · 559 students
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 08Middle · 534 students
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
- Horizon Elementary - 09Elementary · 458 students
- Adventure Elementary - 10Elementary · 440 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Harrisburg High School - 01High · 1,806 students
- Liberty Elementary - 02Elementary · 559 students
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
Other Freedom Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 15 states are named Freedom Elementary. Freedom Elementary - 06 is the 20th largest of the 26.
- Freedom Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 1,251 students
- FREEDOM ELEM.ST ROBERT, MO · 954 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELAND, FL · 786 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 736 students
- Freedom ElementaryModesto, CA · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Harrisburg High School - 010.4 mi · 1,806
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 031.2 mi · 519
- Liberty Elementary - 021.5 mi · 559
- Adventure Elementary - 102.3 mi · 440
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 082.3 mi · 534
- Endeavor Elementary - 072.5 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom Elementary - 06How large is Freedom Elementary - 06?
Freedom Elementary - 06 enrolls approximately 442 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Freedom Elementary - 06 serve?
Freedom Elementary - 06 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Freedom Elementary - 06 have?
Freedom Elementary - 06 employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Freedom Elementary - 06?
Student demographics at Freedom Elementary - 06 are roughly 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Freedom Elementary - 06?
Freedom Elementary - 06 is overseen by Harrisburg School District 41-2 in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.