Enrollment
161
Elementary
DISTRICT 98 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRENE - WAKONDA SCHOOL DISTRICT 13-3·NCES 468043901255
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02
202 Nebraska St, Wakonda, SD 57073 · (605) 267-2644 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
56 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 18 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.1%
SD avg 50.3% . -4.1pp since 2022
Math
33.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -6.9pp 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 33 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 down about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.9% | 35.7% |
| 2022-23 | 40.2% | 40.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 this school | 161 | 34.8% | 32.5% |
| Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04 Alcester | 166 | 33.7% | 50.1% |
| Woonsocket Elementary - 03 Woonsocket | 181 | 40.3% | 44.8% |
| Highmore Elementary - 02 Highmore | 133 | 36.8% | 41.2% |
| Langford Area Elementary - 02 Langford | 111 | 36.0% | 58.8% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 Bridgewater | 143 | 30.8% | 63.4% |
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 Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #163 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #169 of 199 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #158 of 202 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 161 | #154 of 331 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #105 of 209 |
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
161
-31 (-16%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 162
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 161 | 13.3 | 12.1:1 | 35% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 13.2 | 12.2:1 | 32% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 162 | 13.1 | 12.4:1 | 28% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | 12 | 16.0:1 | 35% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 13.8 | 12.9:1 | 33% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 189 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 38% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 40% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (178 to 161); teachers down 4% (13.8 to 13.3).
About Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02, a small elementary school, is located in Wakonda, South Dakota. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 161 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota average about 204 students.
Across its 3 schools, Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3 enrolls 293 students. Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is one of those schools.
The student body at Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is 86% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That is close to the 85% White share among all Clay County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 was 12.1:1. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota have 15.4:1, compared with 12.1:1 here. Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 35%. For comparison, public schools in Clay County average 32%.
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is 48.8%. It actually posts 32.5%, which is 16.2 points lower and in the bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
Clay County census figures show that the median household income is $56,850, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Clay County is home to 6 public schools and about 2,202 public school students.
The closest other public school is Irene - Wakonda Jr. High - 04, about 6.0 miles away. Within ten miles are 5 other public schools. On proficiency, Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is behind the 43.5% nearby average, ranking 6th of 6.
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
The school enrolled 161 students in 2024-25, 31 fewer than the 192 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.0:1 to 12.1:1.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,219
Census ACS
Median income
$56,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,202 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3
- Irene - Wakonda High School - 01High · 86 students
- Irene - Wakonda Jr. High - 04Middle · 46 students
Nearby schools
- Irene - Wakonda Jr. High - 046.0 mi · 46
- Irene - Wakonda High School - 016.0 mi · 86
- Gayville-Volin Elementary - 028.3 mi · 136
- Gayville-Volin Middle School - 038.3 mi · 50
- Gayville-Volin High School - 018.3 mi · 95
- Centerville Elementary - 0211.0 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02How many students attend Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02?
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 161 students in grades PK-06.
Is Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 have?
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02?
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02?
Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is overseen by Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3 in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.