Enrollment
96
Elementary
DISTRICT 57 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE PRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 38-3·NCES 463999000367
Lake Preston Elementary - 02
300 1st St NE, Lake Preston, SD 57249 · (605) 847-4464 · Kingsbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
37 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 9 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (14).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Lake Preston School District 38-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.1%
SD avg 50.3% . -10.3pp since 2022
Math
86.1%
SD avg 47.5% . +12.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 76.3% |
| 2022-23 | 68.4% | 73.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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Lake Preston Elementary - 02's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Preston Elementary - 02 this school | 96 | 38.5% | 69.7% |
| Burke Elementary - 02 Burke | 105 | 37.1% | 57.2% |
| Menno Elementary - 02 Menno | 91 | 40.7% | 48.8% |
| Marion Elementary - 02 Marion | 100 | 38.0% | 48.2% |
| Tripp Elementary - 03 Tripp | 88 | 42.0% | 27.9% |
| Langford Area Elementary - 02 Langford | 111 | 36.0% | 58.8% |
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 Lake Preston Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #212 of 331 |
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
96
0 (0%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 152
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 96 | 10.5 | 9.1:1 | 39% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 104 | 10.4 | 10.0:1 | 41% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 102 | 8.8 | 11.6:1 | 36% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 96 | 10 | 9.6:1 | 39% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 91 | 9.7 | 9.4:1 | 41% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 101 | 9 | 11.2:1 | 42% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 101 | 10 | 10.1:1 | 34% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 124 | 12 | 10.3:1 | 34% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 152 | 9 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Preston Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (91 to 96); teachers up 9% (9.7 to 10.5).
About Lake Preston Elementary - 02
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 is a public elementary school run by Lake Preston School District 38-3 in Lake Preston, South Dakota. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 96 students enrolled. Elementary schools in South Dakota have about 204 students on average; enrollment here is 53% lower.
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 is one of the 3 schools that make up Lake Preston School District 38-3 (170 students in total).
The share of students at Lake Preston Elementary - 02 who are White is 93%. Other students are 5% multiracial and 2% Native American. Kingsbury County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.1:1. The school has 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 9.1:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in South Dakota. Federal data show 39% of students (37) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 29% average among public schools in Kingsbury County.
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Lake Preston Elementary - 02 ranks in the top 10% in South Dakota. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.7%, against a prediction of 47.2%.
For Kingsbury County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,000 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Lake Preston Elementary - 02, Kingsbury County has 17 public schools.
Lake Preston Elementary - 02's nearest public school is Lake Preston High School - 01 (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Lake Preston Elementary - 02 is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Lake Preston Elementary - 02 was 96 in 2020-21 and 96 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Kingsbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,244
Census ACS
Median income
$74,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
1,061 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Preston School District 38-3
- Lake Preston High School - 01High · 41 students
- Lake Preston Middle School - 03Middle · 33 students
Other schools in Lake Preston
- Lake Preston High School - 01High · 41 students
- Lake Preston Middle School - 03Middle · 33 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Preston High School - 010.0 mi · 41
- Lake Preston Middle School - 030.0 mi · 33
- De Smet High School - 019.2 mi · 95
- De Smet Middle School - 039.2 mi · 91
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 029.2 mi · 176
- Arlington Preschool - 0411.7 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Preston Elementary - 02What is the total enrollment at Lake Preston Elementary - 02?
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 96 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lake Preston Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Preston Elementary - 02?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Lake Preston Elementary - 02.
How diverse is Lake Preston Elementary - 02?
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 93% White, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lake Preston Elementary - 02 in?
Lake Preston Elementary - 02 is part of Lake Preston School District 38-3.
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