McIntosh Elementary - 02

As a rural-scale elementary-level community in McIntosh, South Dakota, McIntosh Elementary - 02 teaches 43 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of McIntosh School District 15-1. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so McIntosh Elementary - 02 sits 79% leaner than that benchmark.

McIntosh Elementary - 02 is one of 3 schools operated by McIntosh School District 15-1, a district that caters to 129 students overall.

On the student-mix side, McIntosh Elementary - 02 reports that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 42% Native American, 12% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting McIntosh Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at McIntosh Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, McIntosh Elementary - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Corson County shows median household earnings sit near $46,406, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 34%. McIntosh Elementary - 02 is one of 11 public schools in Corson County (combined enrollment of about 858 students).

McIntosh Middle School - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McIntosh Elementary - 02 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 16.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. McIntosh Elementary - 02's enrollment has fell 61% since 2018, when it stood at 110 (now 43). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 53% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 4.8:1 today.

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