Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04

Located at 1301 N Kimball St, in Mitchell, South Dakota, Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is an expansive K-5 school that enrolls 379 students (grades K through 5), operated by Mitchell School District 17-2. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 sits 86% above that benchmark.

Mitchell School District 17-2 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,628 students. Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 reports that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest comes out to 13% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Davison County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Davison County put the typical household earns roughly $66,208 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is one of 13 public schools in Davison County (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students).

Mitchell High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 50.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 has ticked down 11%, going from 424 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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