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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MITCHELL SCHOOL DISTRICT 17-2·NCES 464839000520
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03
1420 W University Blvd, Mitchell, SD 57301 · (605) 995-3090 · Davison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
12.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
181 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03→Mitchell Middle School - 02
Based on grade levels within Mitchell School District 17-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.8%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.8pp since 2022
Math
52.8%
SD avg 47.5% . -2.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 57.4% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 55.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 L. B. Williams Elementary - 03
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 this school | 438 | 41.3% | 46.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 05 Watertown | 361 | 37.1% | 61.7% |
| Rapid Valley Elementary - 12 Rapid City | 486 | 42.2% | 41.5% |
| Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 Mitchell | 379 | 41.2% | 51.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 04 Yankton | 416 | 43.0% | 49.1% |
| Vandenberg Elementary - 02 Box Elder | 454 | 40.5% | 46.4% |
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 L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Davison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #117 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #94 of 199 ▼ 23 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #105 of 202 ▼ 19 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #47 of 331 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #21 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #71 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #76 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #33 of 87 | N/A |
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
438
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 438 | 36.4 | 12.0:1 | 41% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 34.9 | 12.7:1 | 31% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 33.9 | 12.8:1 | 39% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 33 | 13.5:1 | 40% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 31.7 | 16.2:1 | 42% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 43% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 39% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 35% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L. B. Williams Elementary - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (513 to 438); teachers up 15% (31.7 to 36.4).
About L. B. Williams Elementary - 03
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 is a high-enrollment elementary school in South Dakota, located in Mitchell. There are 438 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 115% bigger than the average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
Besides L. B. Williams Elementary - 03, Mitchell School District 17-2 runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 2,628 students.
Federal enrollment data show L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 is 76% White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 14 points below the 90% share among Davison County residents. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 are from different groups.
There are about 12.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at L. B. Williams Elementary - 03, which has 36.4. Elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1, 3.4 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 is about 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 lands at B-, ahead of 49% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 is 46.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.3%.
Census data for Davison County show median household income comes to about $66,208, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 13 public schools and about 3,137 students.
Abbott House High School - 07 sits about 0.4 miles from L. B. Williams Elementary - 03. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 is 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment at L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 was 446 in 2020-21 and 438 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher dropped from 13.5 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Davison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,952
Census ACS
Median income
$66,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,137 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mitchell School District 17-2
- Mitchell High School - 01High · 879 students
- Mitchell Middle School - 02Middle · 578 students
- Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04Elementary · 379 students
- Longfellow Elementary - 05Elementary · 290 students
- Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11Elementary · 21 students
- Abbott House High School - 07High · 18 students
Other schools in Mitchell
- Mitchell High School - 01High · 879 students
- Mitchell Middle School - 02Middle · 578 students
- Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04Elementary · 379 students
- Longfellow Elementary - 05Elementary · 290 students
- Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11Elementary · 21 students
- Abbott House High School - 07High · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Abbott House High School - 070.4 mi · 18
- Abbott House Elementary - 060.4 mi · 13
- Longfellow Elementary - 051.3 mi · 290
- Mitchell Middle School - 021.6 mi · 578
- Mitchell High School - 011.8 mi · 879
- Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 041.9 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About L. B. Williams Elementary - 03How many students attend L. B. Williams Elementary - 03?
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 serve?
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 have?
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is L. B. Williams Elementary - 03?
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 reports a student body of 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 public or private?
L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mitchell School District 17-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.