Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05

As an one-room-style K-5 school in Lake Andes, South Dakota, Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 educates 23 students from grades K through 8, part of Andes Central School District 11-1. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 204.

Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 is one of 4 schools operated by Andes Central School District 11-1, a district that serves 323 students overall.

Demographically, Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). By comparison, Charles Mix County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 ranks in the top 10% of South Dakota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 27.4%; Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 posts 85.5%, +58.1 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Charles Mix County shows median household income runs about $64,038, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 is one of 14 public schools in Charles Mix County (combined enrollment of about 1,966 students).

Nearest neighbor: Andes Central High School - 01, around 5.5 miles off. 6 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 Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 29.7%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05 has fell 23%, going from 30 students in 2018 to 23 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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