Enrollment
136
Elementary
DISTRICT 94 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAYVILLE-VOLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT 63-1·NCES 462649000228
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02
100 Kingsbury St, Gayville, SD 57031 · (605) 267-4476 · Yankton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
13.2:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
43 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (18).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Gayville-Volin School District 63-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
SD avg 50.3% . -9.2pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -3.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 39.2% | 35.3% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 this school | 136 | 31.6% | 33.2% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 Bridgewater | 143 | 30.8% | 63.4% |
| Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04 Alcester | 166 | 33.7% | 50.1% |
| Florence Elementary - 02 Florence | 179 | 32.4% | 39.2% |
| Canistota Elementary - 02 Canistota | 141 | 28.4% | 52.9% |
| Ethan Elementary - 02 Ethan | 155 | 26.5% | 68.3% |
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 Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Yankton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #160 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #171 of 199 no change | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #173 of 202 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #181 of 331 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #121 of 209 | N/A |
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
136
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 128
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 136 | 10.3 | 13.2:1 | 32% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 10.5 | 13.6:1 | 35% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 144 | 10.5 | 13.8:1 | 28% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 139 | 11 | 12.6:1 | 32% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 173 | 11.6 | 14.9:1 | 39% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 192 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 48% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 141 | 12 | 11.8:1 | 43% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 91 | 7 | 13.0:1 | 35% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 128 | 8 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (173 to 136); teachers down 12% (11.6 to 10.3).
About Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Gayville, South Dakota. The school counts 136 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Gayville-Volin School District 63-1 is the district for Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02. It has 3 schools and 281 students.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02. Other students are 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.2:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 32%. For comparison, public schools in Yankton County average 34%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is 50.1%. It actually posts 33.2%, which is 16.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
Among Yankton County residents, the median household income is $72,821, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is one of 11 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Gayville-Volin High School - 01, is less than a tenth of a mile from Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 enrolled 139; in 2024-25, 136.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Yankton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,414
Census ACS
Median income
$72,821
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,321 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gayville-Volin School District 63-1
- Gayville-Volin High School - 01High · 95 students
- Gayville-Volin Middle School - 03Middle · 50 students
Other schools in Gayville
- Gayville-Volin High School - 01High · 95 students
- Gayville-Volin Middle School - 03Middle · 50 students
Nearby schools
- Gayville-Volin High School - 010.0 mi · 95
- Gayville-Volin Middle School - 030.0 mi · 50
- Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 028.3 mi · 161
- WYNOT MIDDLE SCHOOL10.4 mi · 40
- WYNOT HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 56
- WYNOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 82
Frequently asked questions
About Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02How large is Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02?
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 136 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 serve?
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is approximately 13.2:1 (10 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02?
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 in?
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is part of Gayville-Volin School District 63-1.
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