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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-2·NCES 463135000263
Liberty Elementary - 02
501 W Twin Creeks Dr, Harrisburg, SD 57032 · (605) 743-2567 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
90 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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
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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
SD avg 50.3% . -9.4pp since 2022
Math
48.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +4.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
559
+49 (+10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.1:1
% White
83%
was 92%
% Hispanic
7%
was 2%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Liberty Elementary - 02
Located at 501 W Twin Creeks Dr, in Harrisburg, South Dakota, Liberty Elementary - 02 is a high-enrollment K-5 school that enrolls 559 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Harrisburg School District 41-2. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 174% above typical.
Harrisburg School District 41-2 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,222 students. Liberty Elementary - 02 is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Liberty Elementary - 02 records that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Liberty Elementary - 02 has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Liberty Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Liberty Elementary - 02 is in the bottom 10% of South Dakota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.4%; Liberty Elementary - 02 posts 40.7%, -15.7 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household earnings sit near $99,166, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Liberty Elementary - 02 is one of 26 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 10,530 students).
The closest other public school is Harrisburg South Middle School - 03, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Liberty Elementary - 02. On composite proficiency, Liberty Elementary - 02 comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Elementary - 02 has edged up 10%, going from 510 students in 2018 to 559 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 83% across the same window.
On allk12, the feed for Liberty Elementary - 02 typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg School District 41-2
- Harrisburg High School - 01High · 1,806 students
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 08Middle · 534 students
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
- Horizon Elementary - 09Elementary · 458 students
- Freedom Elementary - 06Elementary · 442 students
- Adventure Elementary - 10Elementary · 440 students
Other schools in Harrisburg
- Harrisburg High School - 01High · 1,806 students
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
- Freedom Elementary - 06Elementary · 442 students
Nearby schools
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 030.6 mi · 519
- Harrisburg High School - 011.1 mi · 1,806
- Freedom Elementary - 061.5 mi · 442
- Adventure Elementary - 103.1 mi · 440
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 083.7 mi · 534
- Endeavor Elementary - 073.8 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Elementary - 02How large is Liberty Elementary - 02?
Liberty Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Liberty Elementary - 02 serve?
Liberty Elementary - 02 serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty Elementary - 02 is approximately 14.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Liberty Elementary - 02?
Student demographics at Liberty Elementary - 02 are roughly 83% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Elementary - 02 in?
Liberty Elementary - 02 is part of Harrisburg School District 41-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.