Iroquois Elementary - 04

Iroquois Elementary - 04 is a primary school of compact scale in Iroquois, South Dakota, operated by Iroquois School District 02-3, serveing 114 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Iroquois School District 02-3 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 220 students; Iroquois Elementary - 04 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Iroquois Elementary - 04 lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 4% Black. By comparison, Kingsbury County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Iroquois Elementary - 04 logs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Iroquois Elementary - 04 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kingsbury County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Iroquois Elementary - 04 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.5%; actual is 26.9%, a gap of -15.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kingsbury County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,000, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Kingsbury County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,061 students), Iroquois Elementary - 04 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Iroquois High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Iroquois Elementary - 04 has grew 10%, going from 104 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 4% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.