Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02

Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 operates as a compact elementary-level community in Wakonda, South Dakota, operated by Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3. Current enrollment sits at 161 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 204.

Within Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3, which oversees 3 schools and 293 students, Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.8%; actual is 32.5%, a gap of -16.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Clay County shows median household income runs about $56,850, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Clay County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,202 students), Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Irene - Wakonda High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 178 (now 161). White enrollment moved from 94% to 86% across the same window.

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