Enrollment
93
Elementary
DISTRICT 64 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY SCHOOL DISTRICT 14-2·NCES 463234000275
Henry Elementary - 02
111 N Cedar, Henry, SD 57243 · (605) 532-5364 · Codington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL93 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.6:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
46 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (13).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Based on grade levels within Henry School District 14-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -3.6pp since 2022
Math
29.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +2.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 27.5% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Henry Elementary - 02
Henry Elementary - 02's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Elementary - 02 this school | 93 | 49.5% | 35.0% |
| Newell Elementary - 02 Newell | 124 | 47.6% | 48.9% |
| Whitewood Elementary - 04 Whitewood | 138 | 47.1% | 74.3% |
| Waverly-South Shore Elementary - 02 Waverly | 128 | 50.8% | 34.1% |
| Lemmon Elementary - 02 Lemmon | 139 | 48.2% | 56.2% |
| Wilmot Elementary - 02 Wilmot | 112 | 48.2% | 33.3% |
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 Henry Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Codington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 93 | #217 of 331 | #8 of 8 |
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
93
+8 (+9%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 67
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 93 | 9.7 | 9.6:1 | 49% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 93 | 9.7 | 9.6:1 | 57% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 93 | 9 | 10.3:1 | 45% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 9 | 9.4:1 | 54% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 65 | 6.9 | 9.5:1 | 48% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 70 | 7 | 10.0:1 | 46% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 66 | 7 | 9.4:1 | 41% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 77 | 5 | 15.4:1 | 34% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 67 | 5 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 43% (65 to 93); teachers up 42% (6.9 to 9.7).
About Henry Elementary - 02
The public elementary school Henry Elementary - 02 is located in Henry, South Dakota. The school enrolls 93 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204, so this school runs 54% smaller than that.
Henry School District 14-2 counts 192 students in its 3 schools, and Henry Elementary - 02 is one of them.
About 94% of the student body at Henry Elementary - 02 is White. Other reported shares: 5% Black. The White share in Codington County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 9.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.6 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Codington County is 36%.
allk12 grades Henry Elementary - 02 a C-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in South Dakota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.8%. Henry Elementary - 02 scores 35.0%.
Codington County census figures show that the median household income is $72,727, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 18 public schools in Codington County, enrolling about 4,561 students in all.
Henry Middle School - 03 is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 29.9%, lower than Henry Elementary - 02's 35.0%.
Henry Elementary - 02 is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Enrollment at Henry Elementary - 02 grew 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 85 to 93 students.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Codington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,767
Census ACS
Median income
$72,727
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry School District 14-2
- Henry High School - 01High · 54 students
- Henry Middle School - 03Middle · 45 students
Other schools in Henry
- Henry High School - 01High · 54 students
- Henry Middle School - 03Middle · 45 students
Other Henry Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Henry Elementary. Henry Elementary - 02 is the 8th largest of the 8.
- HENRY ELEM.BALLWIN, MO · 512 students
- Henry Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 445 students
- HENRY ELEM.CLINTON, MO · 365 students
- Henry ElementaryHenry, TN · 353 students
- Henry Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Henry Middle School - 030.0 mi · 45
- Henry High School - 010.0 mi · 54
- Silver Lake Colony - 077.3 mi · 16
- Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 0511.2 mi · 31
- Florence Middle School - 0313.5 mi · 71
- Florence High School - 0113.5 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About Henry Elementary - 02How many students attend Henry Elementary - 02?
Henry Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 93 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Henry Elementary - 02 serve?
Henry Elementary - 02 serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Henry Elementary - 02 have?
Henry Elementary - 02 employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
How diverse is Henry Elementary - 02?
Henry Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 94% White, 5% Black.
What district is Henry Elementary - 02 in?
Henry Elementary - 02 is part of Henry School District 14-2.
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