Enrollment
53
Elementary
DISTRICT 78 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIMBALL SCHOOL DISTRICT 07-2·NCES 463822000917
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13
36570 258th St, Kimball, SD 57355 · (605) 778-6231 · Brule County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL53 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% 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.
- CBeats 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
17.4:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
3 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 9 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 2 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 4 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 11% |
Student demographics
0%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
SD avg 50.3% . +19.0pp since 2022
Math
64.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 42.3% | 61.5% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 this school | 53 | 5.7% | 55.1% |
| Montrose Elementary - 02 Montrose | 108 | 13.9% | 56.7% |
| Frederick Area Elementary - 02 Frederick | 98 | 19.4% | 63.8% |
| Sanborn Central Elementary - 06 Forestburg | 102 | 19.6% | 55.4% |
| Selby Elementary - 02 Selby | 93 | 21.5% | 57.0% |
| Warner Elementary - 02 Warner | 145 | 4.8% | 82.8% |
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 Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 53 | #244 of 331 |
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
53
+8 (+18%) vs 2020
+130% since 1990-91, when it was 23
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 53 | 3.1 | 17.4:1 | 6% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 50 | 3.1 | 16.4:1 | 6% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 47 | 3.1 | 15.4:1 | 94% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 45 | 3 | 15.0:1 | 93% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 37 | 2.2 | 17.0:1 | 92% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 38 | 2 | 19.0:1 | 92% (35) |
| 2010-11 | 31 | 2 | 15.5:1 | 90% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 33 | 2 | 16.5:1 | 91% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 23 | 1 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (37 to 53); teachers up 40% (2.2 to 3.1).
About Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 operates as a very small elementary school in Kimball, South Dakota. Enrollment totals 53 students across kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 74% below the 204-student average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 is in Kimball School District 07-2, a district with 347 students across 5 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 is White, at 100%. The White share of the county population is lower, at 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 scores 0%.
On staff are 3.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.4:1. Elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 6%. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Brule County.
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 would score about 60.7%. It scores 55.1%, 5.6 points below that figure.
For Brule County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $73,720, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,249, Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 among them.
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13's closest public school neighbor is Grass Ranch Colony High School - 15, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within ten miles of Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13, there are 5 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 53, compared with 45 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.0:1 to 17.4:1.
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Brule County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,283
Census ACS
Median income
$73,720
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,249 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kimball School District 07-2
- Kimball Elementary - 02Elementary · 102 students
- Kimball Middle School - 04Middle · 92 students
- Kimball High School - 01High · 84 students
- Grass Ranch Colony High School - 15High · 16 students
Other schools in Kimball
- Kimball Elementary - 02Elementary · 102 students
- Kimball Middle School - 04Middle · 92 students
- Kimball High School - 01High · 84 students
- Grass Ranch Colony High School - 15High · 16 students
Nearby schools
- Grass Ranch Colony High School - 150.0 mi · 16
- Kimball Middle School - 047.7 mi · 92
- Kimball Elementary - 027.7 mi · 102
- Kimball High School - 017.7 mi · 84
- Cedar Grove Colony Elementary - 148.9 mi · 44
- White Lake High School - 0110.1 mi · 33
Frequently asked questions
About Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13How large is Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13?
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 enrolls approximately 53 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 serve?
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 is approximately 17.4:1 (3 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13?
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 reports a student body of 100% White.
Who oversees Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13?
Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13 is overseen by Kimball School District 07-2 in Brule County.
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