Longfellow Elementary - 05

Located at 110 N Mentzer St, in Mitchell, South Dakota, Longfellow Elementary - 05 is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 290 students (grades K through 5), operated by Mitchell School District 17-2. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Longfellow Elementary - 05 sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

Mitchell School District 17-2 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,628 students. Longfellow Elementary - 05 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Longfellow Elementary - 05 shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Longfellow Elementary - 05 has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Davison County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Longfellow Elementary - 05 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.4%; this one delivers 52.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Davison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,208 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Davison County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students), Longfellow Elementary - 05 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mitchell High School - 01, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Longfellow Elementary - 05 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Longfellow Elementary - 05 has declined 16%, going from 347 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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