Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 06-1·NCES 460207000008
May Overby Elementary - 09
612 14th Ave SE, Aberdeen, SD 57401 · (605) 725-7300 · Brown County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
175 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 53% · US 70%
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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.7pp since 2022
Math
42.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 42.5% | 39.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Schools most like May Overby Elementary - 09
May Overby Elementary - 09's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Overby Elementary - 09 this school | 327 | 53.5% | 39.7% |
| Mike Miller Elementary - 07 Aberdeen | 282 | 40.8% | 42.7% |
| O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 Aberdeen | 304 | 55.3% | 32.4% |
| Simmons Elementary - 10 Aberdeen | 386 | 48.2% | 38.1% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 Rapid City | 328 | 41.8% | 41.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 08 Aberdeen | 233 | 60.5% | 48.5% |
Matched among South Dakota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where May Overby Elementary - 09 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #141 of 193 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #136 of 199 ▼ 9 | #8 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #133 of 202 ▼ 15 | #6 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #86 of 331 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #16 of 131 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #28 of 131 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #48 of 209 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #27 of 87 | #2 of 6 |
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
327
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 313
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 327 | 28.5 | 11.5:1 | 54% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 28.6 | 12.3:1 | 44% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 27.5 | 13.0:1 | 44% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 40% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 27.1 | 14.4:1 | 44% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 47% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 40% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 14 | 16.5:1 | 28% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 313 | 16 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for May Overby Elementary - 09.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (389 to 327); teachers up 5% (27.1 to 28.5).
About May Overby Elementary - 09
May Overby Elementary - 09 is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It has an enrollment of 327 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in South Dakota average about 204 students, which makes this school 60% larger than average.
The district, Aberdeen School District 06-1, has 4,241 students enrolled across 10 schools.
Federal enrollment data show May Overby Elementary - 09 is 60% White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Native American, and 6% Asian. The school's White share is 25 points below the 85% share among Brown County residents. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at May Overby Elementary - 09 are from different groups.
There are about 11.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at May Overby Elementary - 09, which has 28.5. Elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1, 3.9 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at May Overby Elementary - 09 is about 54%. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Brown County.
On the allk12 Grade, May Overby Elementary - 09 lands at C+, ahead of 35% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
May Overby Elementary - 09 is 1.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.7% versus 41.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Census data for Brown County show median household income comes to about $70,898, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 22 public schools and about 5,354 students.
Among nearby public schools, SDSBVI Elementary - 01 is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, May Overby Elementary - 09 ranks 3rd in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put May Overby Elementary - 09 in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 327, compared with 348 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 11.5 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to May Overby Elementary - 09 can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,877
Census ACS
Median income
$70,898
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,354 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Aberdeen School District 06-1
- Central High School - 01High · 1,384 students
- Holgate Middle School - 02Middle · 497 students
- Simmons Middle School - 03Middle · 464 students
- Simmons Elementary - 10Elementary · 386 students
- C C Lee Elementary - 05Elementary · 356 students
- O M Tiffany Elementary - 11Elementary · 304 students
Other schools in Aberdeen
- Central High School - 01High · 1,384 students
- Holgate Middle School - 02Middle · 497 students
- Simmons Middle School - 03Middle · 464 students
- Simmons Elementary - 10Elementary · 386 students
- C C Lee Elementary - 05Elementary · 356 students
- O M Tiffany Elementary - 11Elementary · 304 students
Nearby schools
- SDSBVI Elementary - 010.1 mi · 10
- SDSBVI High School - 020.1 mi · 9
- Simmons Elementary - 100.7 mi · 386
- Simmons Middle School - 030.7 mi · 464
- Central High School - 011.2 mi · 1,384
- New Beginnings - 891.2 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About May Overby Elementary - 09How large is May Overby Elementary - 09?
May Overby Elementary - 09 enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
Is May Overby Elementary - 09 an elementary, middle, or high school?
May Overby Elementary - 09 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at May Overby Elementary - 09?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at May Overby Elementary - 09.
What is the student diversity at May Overby Elementary - 09?
Student demographics at May Overby Elementary - 09 are roughly 60% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is May Overby Elementary - 09 in?
May Overby Elementary - 09 is part of Aberdeen School District 06-1.
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