Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MITCHELL SCHOOL DISTRICT 17-2·NCES 464839000591
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04
1301 N Kimball St, Mitchell, SD 57301 · (605) 995-3091 · Davison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
156 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04→Mitchell Middle School - 02
Based on grade levels within Mitchell School District 17-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -7.2pp since 2022
Math
47.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -12.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.4% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 60.4% |
| 2022-23 | 55.6% | 59.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 this school | 379 | 41.2% | 51.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 04 Yankton | 416 | 43.0% | 49.1% |
| Rapid Valley Elementary - 12 Rapid City | 486 | 42.2% | 41.5% |
| Longfellow Elementary - 05 Mitchell | 290 | 45.5% | 52.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 05 Watertown | 361 | 37.1% | 61.7% |
| L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 Mitchell | 438 | 41.3% | 46.3% |
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 Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Davison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #91 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #118 of 199 ▼ 57 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #110 of 202 ▼ 58 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #65 of 331 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #62 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #62 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #77 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #48 of 87 | 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
379
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 379 | 27.6 | 13.7:1 | 41% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 27.7 | 13.8:1 | 38% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 28.2 | 13.8:1 | 37% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 37% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 28.6 | 14.8:1 | 40% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 42% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 31% (111) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (424 to 379); teachers down 4% (28.6 to 27.6).
About Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Mitchell, South Dakota. It enrolled 379 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in South Dakota average about 204 students each.
The district, Mitchell School District 17-2, operates 9 schools serving 2,628 students.
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is 73% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 90% White among all Davison County residents. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is 27.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.7:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Around 41% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is B. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 46.2%.
Within Davison County, the median household income is $66,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04, Davison County has 12 other public schools.
Nearby, Mitchell High School - 01 is about 0.4 miles away. Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 50.4% proficiency; Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 posts 51.0%.
The NCES locale for Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 had 411 students, to 2024-25, when it had 379.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Davison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,952
Census ACS
Median income
$66,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,137 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mitchell School District 17-2
- Mitchell High School - 01High · 879 students
- Mitchell Middle School - 02Middle · 578 students
- L. B. Williams Elementary - 03Elementary · 438 students
- Longfellow Elementary - 05Elementary · 290 students
- Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11Elementary · 21 students
- Abbott House High School - 07High · 18 students
Other schools in Mitchell
- Mitchell High School - 01High · 879 students
- Mitchell Middle School - 02Middle · 578 students
- L. B. Williams Elementary - 03Elementary · 438 students
- Longfellow Elementary - 05Elementary · 290 students
- Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11Elementary · 21 students
- Abbott House High School - 07High · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell High School - 010.4 mi · 879
- Mitchell Middle School - 020.6 mi · 578
- Longfellow Elementary - 051.0 mi · 290
- Abbott House High School - 071.5 mi · 18
- Abbott House Elementary - 061.5 mi · 13
- L. B. Williams Elementary - 031.9 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04What is the total enrollment at Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04?
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 enrolls approximately 379 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 serve?
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 have?
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04?
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 reports a student body of 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04?
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is overseen by Mitchell School District 17-2 in Davison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.