Jones County Elementary - 02

Jones County Elementary - 02 is an elementary-level community of rural-scale scale in Murdo, South Dakota, run under Jones County School District 37-3, teacheing 74 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 64% below typical.

Within Jones County School District 37-3, which oversees 3 schools and 180 students, Jones County Elementary - 02 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Jones County Elementary - 02 shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% multiracial, 4% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Jones County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Jones County Elementary - 02 has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Jones County Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Jones County Elementary - 02 sits in the top 10% of South Dakota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 38.7%; actual is 76.4%, +37.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jones County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,119, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Jones County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 180 students), of which Jones County Elementary - 02 is one.

The closest other public school is Jones County Middle School - 04, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jones County Elementary - 02 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jones County Elementary - 02 has fell 6%, going from 79 students in 2018 to 74 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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