Enrollment
116
Elementary
DISTRICT 53 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HITCHCOCK TULARE SCHOOL DISTRICT 56-6·NCES 460004601167
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05
235 Palm St, Hitchcock, SD 57348 · (605) 266-2151 · Beadle County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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
11.3:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (12).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05→Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02→Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -11.1pp since 2022
Math
59.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -5.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 65.2% |
% 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 this school | 116 | 24.1% | 53.7% |
| Buffalo Elementary - 02 Buffalo | 101 | 25.7% | 48.9% |
| Philip Elementary - 02 Philip | 131 | 25.2% | 48.4% |
| Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02 Stickney | 150 | 20.7% | 67.0% |
| Sanborn Central Elementary - 06 Forestburg | 102 | 19.6% | 55.4% |
| Kimball Elementary - 02 Kimball | 102 | 28.4% | 55.2% |
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 Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Beadle County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #77 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #65 of 199 ▲ 61 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #90 of 202 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 116 | #192 of 331 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #156 of 209 | 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
116
+38 (+49%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 84
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 116 | 10.3 | 11.3:1 | 24% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 10.5 | 11.3:1 | 33% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 104 | 9.9 | 10.5:1 | 28% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 78 | 10 | 7.8:1 | 24% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 99 | 10 | 9.9:1 | 27% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 100 | 9 | 11.1:1 | 25% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 84 | 9 | 9.3:1 | 32% (27) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (99 to 116); teachers up 3% (10 to 10.3).
About Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is a small elementary school in Hitchcock, South Dakota, under Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6. The school counted 116 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. The school is 43% below the average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6 has 5 schools and 236 students, and Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is one of those schools.
Roughly 97% of students at Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 are White. By comparison, Beadle County residents are about 72% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 scores 5%.
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 has 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 15.4:1. The school has 24% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Beadle County, the school's rate is lower.
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
In Beadle County, the median household earns about $67,681 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Beadle County has 17 public schools with about 3,544 students, including Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05.
Of the public schools around it, Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is closest to Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01, about 8.8 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is 1st of 4 nearby schools with test data.
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Reported enrollment: 78 (2020-21) and 116 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 11.3:1, from 7.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Beadle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,309
Census ACS
Median income
$67,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,544 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6
- Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01High · 58 students
- Glendale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 22 students
- Spink Colony Elementary - 03Elementary · 21 students
- Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02Middle · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 018.8 mi · 58
- Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 028.8 mi · 19
- Spink Colony Elementary - 039.8 mi · 21
- Huron Colony Elementary - 1311.1 mi · 16
- Glendale Colony Elementary - 0413.1 mi · 22
- Wolsey Wessington High School - 0115.9 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05How many students attend Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05?
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 116 students in grades PK-06.
Is Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05.
What is the student diversity at Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05?
Student demographics at Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 are roughly 97% White, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 in?
Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05 is part of Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.