Enrollment
15
Elementary
DISTRICT 40 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KADOKA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 35-2·NCES 468043701245
Interior Elementary - 09
301 A St, Interior, SD 57750 · (605) 837-2173 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL15 STUDENTS
·
allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
4.5:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
12 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 2 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 2 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 2 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 3 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 3 | 20% |
Student demographics
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
Interior Elementary - 09→Kadoka Area High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Kadoka Area School District 35-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.2%
SD avg 50.3% . -63.6pp since 2022
Math
9.1%
SD avg 47.5% . -63.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 64 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 64 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.2% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 36.4% |
| 2022-23 | 81.8% | 72.7% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 →
Where Interior Elementary - 09 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 15 | #310 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
15
-14 (-48%) vs 2020
-67% since 2010-11, when it was 46
Student : Teacher
4.5:1
was 7.3:1
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 | 15 | 3.4 | 4.5:1 | 80% (12) |
| 2023-24 | 21 | 3.8 | 5.5:1 | 67% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 33 | 5.3 | 6.2:1 | 64% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 29 | 4 | 7.3:1 | 41% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 42 | 5.7 | 7.4:1 | 57% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 53 | 5 | 10.6:1 | 74% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 46 | 6 | 7.7:1 | 61% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Interior Elementary - 09.
Since 2017-18: students down 64% (42 to 15); teachers down 41% (5.7 to 3.4).
About Interior Elementary - 09
Interior Elementary - 09 runs as a small elementary school in Interior, South Dakota. The school serves 15 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in South Dakota is roughly 204 students; this school is 93% smaller than that.
Interior Elementary - 09 is part of a district of 6 schools: Kadoka Area School District 35-2, with 283 students.
Interior Elementary - 09's enrollment is 87% Native American. The remaining shares are 7% White and 7% Hispanic.
Interior Elementary - 09 counts 3.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 4.5 students for each one. This ratio sits 10.9 below the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 72% for public schools in Jackson County.
A school with Interior Elementary - 09's lunch-eligibility share in South Dakota is predicted to score 30.2%. Interior Elementary - 09 scores 25.0%, 5.2 points below that line.
Among Jackson County residents, the median household income is $35,417, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 40%. Besides Interior Elementary - 09, Jackson County has 5 other public schools.
The closest public school, Crazy Horse School, is about 19.0 miles from Interior Elementary - 09. Interior Elementary - 09 places 5th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Interior Elementary - 09 is Rural: Remote.
Federal counts for Interior Elementary - 09: 29 students in 2020-21, 15 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 7.3:1 to 4.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Interior Elementary - 09. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,802
Census ACS
Median income
$35,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
40%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kadoka Area School District 35-2
- Kadoka Elementary - 02Elementary · 118 students
- Kadoka Area High School - 01High · 71 students
- Kadoka Middle School - 03Middle · 51 students
- Longvalley Elementary - 10Elementary · 22 students
- Midland Elementary - 11Elementary · 6 students
Nearby schools
- Crazy Horse School19.0 mi · 270
- Wall Middle School - 0622.5 mi · 66
- Wall High School - 0122.5 mi · 100
- Wall Elementary - 0222.5 mi · 107
- Little Wound School22.9 mi · 755
- Kadoka Middle School - 0324.8 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About Interior Elementary - 09How many students attend Interior Elementary - 09?
Interior Elementary - 09 enrolls approximately 15 students in grades KG-08.
Is Interior Elementary - 09 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Interior Elementary - 09 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Interior Elementary - 09?
Approximately 4.5:1 students per teacher at Interior Elementary - 09.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Interior Elementary - 09?
At Interior Elementary - 09, the student body is approximately 7% White, 7% Hispanic.
Who oversees Interior Elementary - 09?
Interior Elementary - 09 is overseen by Kadoka Area School District 35-2 in Jackson County.
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