Ipswich Elementary - 02

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Ipswich, South Dakota, Ipswich Elementary - 02 caters to 182 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Ipswich Public School District 22-6.

Ipswich Elementary - 02 is one of 7 schools operated by Ipswich Public School District 22-6, a district that caters to 462 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ipswich Elementary - 02 logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ipswich Elementary - 02 reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Ipswich Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ipswich Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.8%; this one delivers 66.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Edmunds County indicate median household income runs about $81,630, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Edmunds County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 684 students), Ipswich Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dakota Trail Virtual School - 92, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ipswich Elementary - 02. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ipswich Elementary - 02 at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

Ipswich Elementary - 02 operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 191 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Ipswich Elementary - 02 community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.