Enrollment
139
Elementary
DISTRICT 96 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT 52-4·NCES 464152000381
Lemmon Elementary - 02
905 5th Ave W, Lemmon, SD 57638 · (605) 374-3784 · Perkins County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
67 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Lemmon School District 52-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -2.8pp since 2022
Math
53.9%
SD avg 47.5% . +6.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
139
-12 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.3:1
% White
92%
was 93%
% Hispanic
0%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lemmon Elementary - 02
Lemmon Elementary - 02 is a compact K-5 school in Lemmon, South Dakota, operated by Lemmon School District 52-4. The school instructs 139 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.
Across the 3 schools in Lemmon School District 52-4 (289 students total), Lemmon Elementary - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Lemmon Elementary - 02 records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Native American, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Perkins County's rate of about 36%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lemmon Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 56.2%, a residual of +13.0 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Perkins County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,908, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Perkins County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424 students), Lemmon Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.
Lemmon High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lemmon Elementary - 02.
Lemmon Elementary - 02 operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lemmon Elementary - 02 has edged down 8%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 139 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Lemmon Elementary - 02 typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Perkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,001
Census ACS
Median income
$66,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
424 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lemmon School District 52-4
- Lemmon High School - 01High · 97 students
- Lemmon Jr. High - 06Middle · 53 students
Other schools in Lemmon
- Lemmon High School - 01High · 97 students
- Lemmon Jr. High - 06Middle · 53 students
Nearby schools
- Lemmon High School - 010.1 mi · 97
- Lemmon Jr. High - 060.1 mi · 53
- HETTINGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.8 mi · 172
- HETTINGER HIGH SCHOOL22.8 mi · 122
- MOTT-REGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL31.0 mi · 136
- MOTT-REGENT HIGH SCHOOL31.0 mi · 89
Frequently asked questions
About Lemmon Elementary - 02How large is Lemmon Elementary - 02?
Lemmon Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 139 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lemmon Elementary - 02 serve?
Lemmon Elementary - 02 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lemmon Elementary - 02?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Lemmon Elementary - 02.
How diverse is Lemmon Elementary - 02?
Lemmon Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 92% White, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lemmon Elementary - 02?
Lemmon Elementary - 02 is overseen by Lemmon School District 52-4 in Perkins County.
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