Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 225 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT 16-1·NCES 461695000159
Hermosa Elementary - 04
11 4th St, Hermosa, SD 57744 · (605) 255-4345 · Custer County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- DBeats 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
11.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
56 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 11 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 48% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +8.0pp since 2022
Math
34.9%
SD avg 47.5% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 34.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 35.9% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Hermosa Elementary - 04
Hermosa Elementary - 04's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermosa Elementary - 04 this school | 181 | 30.9% | 37.7% |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02 De Smet | 176 | 29.0% | 55.4% |
| Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04 Alcester | 166 | 33.7% | 50.1% |
| Florence Elementary - 02 Florence | 179 | 32.4% | 39.2% |
| Canistota Elementary - 02 Canistota | 141 | 28.4% | 52.9% |
| Faulkton Elementary - 02 Faulkton | 185 | 26.5% | 76.6% |
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 Hermosa Elementary - 04 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #151 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #166 of 199 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #84 of 202 ▲ 95 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #141 of 331 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #123 of 209 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #46 of 87 |
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
181
-52 (-22%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 135
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 181 | 15.6 | 11.6:1 | 31% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 15.7 | 11.2:1 | 26% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 22.1 | 10.0:1 | 34% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 35% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 18.3 | 11.2:1 | 37% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 187 | 16 | 11.7:1 | 46% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 169 | 16 | 10.6:1 | 37% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 141 | 11 | 12.8:1 | 34% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 135 | 8 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hermosa Elementary - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (204 to 181); teachers down 15% (18.3 to 15.6).
About Hermosa Elementary - 04
Hermosa Elementary - 04, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Hermosa, South Dakota. The school serves 181 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Hermosa Elementary - 04 is one school in a 6-school district, Custer School District 16-1, which enrolls 887 students.
Most students at Hermosa Elementary - 04 are White: 91% of enrollment. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 89% of residents are White. Hermosa Elementary - 04 has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Hermosa Elementary - 04, 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. Roughly 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 30% average for public schools in Custer County.
The allk12 Grade for Hermosa Elementary - 04 is C-. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Hermosa Elementary - 04 is 50.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.7%.
In Custer County (population about 8,892), median household income is about $84,112, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hermosa Elementary - 04 is one of 8 public schools in Custer County, which together enroll about 903 students.
The next-closest public school is Hermosa Middle School - 07, less than a tenth of a mile away. On proficiency, Hermosa Elementary - 04 is behind the 41.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
Hermosa Elementary - 04 is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 233 in 2020-21 and 181 in 2024-25, a decrease of 52 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.7:1 to 11.6:1.
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Custer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,892
Census ACS
Median income
$84,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Custer School District 16-1
- Custer High School - 01High · 272 students
- Custer Elementary - 02Elementary · 269 students
- Custer Jr. High - 05Middle · 101 students
- Hermosa Middle School - 07Middle · 48 students
- A.C.E. High Academy - 06High · 16 students
Other schools in Hermosa
- Red Shirt School - 04Elementary · 53 students
- Hermosa Middle School - 07Middle · 48 students
Other Hermosa Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hermosa Elementary. Hermosa Elementary - 04 is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Hermosa ElementaryAlta Loma, CA · 442 students
- HERMOSA ELEMENTARYARTESIA, NM · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Hermosa Middle School - 070.0 mi · 48
- Corral Drive Elementary - 2114.5 mi · 439
- Southwest Middle School - 3814.5 mi · 614
- Grandview Elementary - 0614.8 mi · 431
- Robbinsdale Elementary - 1415.4 mi · 328
- Rapid Valley Elementary - 1215.5 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Hermosa Elementary - 04How many students attend Hermosa Elementary - 04?
Hermosa Elementary - 04 enrolls approximately 181 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Hermosa Elementary - 04 serve?
Hermosa Elementary - 04 serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Hermosa Elementary - 04 have?
Hermosa Elementary - 04 employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Hermosa Elementary - 04?
Hermosa Elementary - 04 reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hermosa Elementary - 04 public or private?
Hermosa Elementary - 04 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Custer School District 16-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.