Enrollment
30
Elementary
DISTRICT 33 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT 44-2·NCES 464164000393
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05
36848 123rd St, Wetonka, SD 57481 · (605) 439-3477 · McPherson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL30 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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
13.0:1
2 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
27 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 3 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 1 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 4 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 1 | 3% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 27% |
Student demographics
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
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
SD avg 50.3% . +10.2pp since 2022
Math
27.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -22.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 23 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 47.6% |
| 2022-23 | 44.4% | 50.0% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 21 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 →
Where Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 30 | #276 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
30
+2 (+7%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 33
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 30 | 2.3 | 13.0:1 | 90% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 27 | 2.7 | 10.0:1 | 89% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 30 | 2.2 | 13.9:1 | 90% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 2 | 14.0:1 | 89% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 22 | 2.4 | 9.1:1 | 86% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 18 | 2 | 9.0:1 | 83% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 13 | 1 | 13.0:1 | 77% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 17 | 1 | 17.0:1 | 82% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 33 | 2 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (22 to 30); teachers down 5% (2.4 to 2.3).
About Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 is a very small elementary school in South Dakota, located in Wetonka. There are 30 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll around 204, and this school is 85% below that mark.
Leola School District 44-2 is responsible for 6 schools, Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 included, with 170 students in all.
White students are 100% of those enrolled at Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05. That is in line with McPherson County, where about 97% of residents are White.
A staff of 2.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.0:1. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in McPherson County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 lands at B, ahead of 64% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 is in the top 10% of South Dakota schools: 46.6% actual against 26.1% predicted.
In the wider McPherson County area, the median household earns about $66,906 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across McPherson County, 10 public schools serve about 345 students.
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 is about 4.2 miles from Deerfield Colony Elementary - 05, its nearest public school. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 30, up from 28 in 2020-21.
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McPherson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,145
Census ACS
Median income
$66,906
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leola School District 44-2
- Leola Elementary - 02Elementary · 57 students
- Leola High School - 01High · 38 students
- Leola Jr. High - 03Middle · 22 students
- Grassland Colony Elementary - 06Elementary · 12 students
- Leola Alternative School - 07High · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Deerfield Colony Elementary - 054.2 mi · 26
- Grassland Colony Elementary - 064.4 mi · 12
- Rosette Colony Elementary - 039.2 mi · 31
- Leola Alternative School - 079.7 mi · 11
- Leola High School - 019.7 mi · 38
- Leola Jr. High - 039.7 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05What is the total enrollment at Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05?
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 30 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 serve?
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05.
How diverse is Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05?
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 reports a student body of 100% White.
Who oversees Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05?
Long Lake Colony Elementary - 05 is overseen by Leola School District 44-2 in McPherson County.
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