Groton Area Elementary - 02

Set in Groton, South Dakota, Groton Area Elementary - 02 is a mid-sized primary school, part of Groton Area School District 06-6. It enrolls 278 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% bigger than the state mean of about 204.

Groton Area School District 06-6 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 578 students; Groton Area Elementary - 02 is among them.

Demographically, Groton Area Elementary - 02 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Groton Area Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Groton Area Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 58.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Brown County put the typical household earns roughly $70,898 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Groton Area Elementary - 02 is one of 22 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students).

Nearest neighbor: Groton Area High School - 01, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Groton Area Elementary - 02 at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

Groton Area Elementary - 02 operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Groton Area Elementary - 02's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 278). White enrollment moved from 97% to 90% across the same window.

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