Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02

Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is one of the compact K-5 schools in Gayville, South Dakota, operated by Gayville-Volin School District 63-1, with 136 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is one of 3 schools operated by Gayville-Volin School District 63-1, a district that serves 281 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is in the bottom 10% of South Dakota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 posts 33.2%, -16.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Yankton County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,821 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is one of 11 public schools in Yankton County (combined enrollment of about 3,321 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gayville-Volin High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 173 students in 2018 compared to 136 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.