Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 05-1·NCES 460852000086
Medary Elementary - 05
718 5th St S, Brookings, SD 57006 · (605) 696-4300 · Brookings County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
97 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 22% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Medary Elementary - 05→Camelot Intermediate - 06→George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02→Brookings High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Brookings School District 05-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
SD avg 50.3% . +11.5pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 63.8% |
| 2022-23 | 39.2% | 44.6% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Medary Elementary - 05
Medary Elementary - 05's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medary Elementary - 05 this school | 358 | 27.1% | 55.3% |
| Webster Elementary - 06 Yankton | 391 | 31.7% | 37.5% |
| Hill City Elementary - 02 Hill City | 247 | 31.6% | 47.4% |
| Freeman Elementary - 02 Freeman | 192 | 32.8% | 48.5% |
| Milbank Elementary - 03 Milbank | 408 | 38.5% | 63.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 05 Watertown | 361 | 37.1% | 61.7% |
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 Medary Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Brookings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #64 of 193 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #79 of 199 ▼ 32 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #101 of 202 ▲ 5 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #73 of 331 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #32 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #44 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #138 of 209 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #78 of 87 | N/A |
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
358
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 358 | 28.3 | 12.6:1 | 27% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 28.9 | 11.6:1 | 29% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 28.4 | 11.4:1 | 27% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 24% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 29.3 | 12.6:1 | 43% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 44% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 31% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 18% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 30 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Medary Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (370 to 358); teachers down 3% (29.3 to 28.3).
About Medary Elementary - 05
Medary Elementary - 05 is a large elementary school in Brookings, South Dakota, (ZIP code 57006). Students in pre-K through 3 attend, and enrollment is 358 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Brookings School District 05-1 has 3,546 students in 8 schools, and Medary Elementary - 05 is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Medary Elementary - 05, at 66%. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 88% White share among all Brookings County residents. Medary Elementary - 05's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Medary Elementary - 05 is 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. About 27% of students, or 97, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Medary Elementary - 05 receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 51.9% for a school in South Dakota with Medary Elementary - 05's free or reduced-price lunch share. Medary Elementary - 05 posts 55.3%.
Within Brookings County, the median household income is $70,064, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Brookings County has 21 public schools and roughly 4,921 students.
Nearest public school: Brookings High School - 01, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.8%; Medary Elementary - 05's is 55.3%, ranking 2nd of 5.
NCES assigns Medary Elementary - 05 the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has grown by 25 students since 2020-21, to 358. By 2024-25, the school had 12.6 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Brookings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,353
Census ACS
Median income
$70,064
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brookings School District 05-1
- Brookings High School - 01High · 979 students
- George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02Middle · 780 students
- Camelot Intermediate - 06Elementary · 523 students
- Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07Elementary · 509 students
- Hillcrest Elementary - 04Elementary · 316 students
- Bobcat Plains Academy High School - 92High · 77 students
Other schools in Brookings
- Brookings High School - 01High · 979 students
- George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02Middle · 780 students
- Camelot Intermediate - 06Elementary · 523 students
- Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07Elementary · 509 students
- Hillcrest Elementary - 04Elementary · 316 students
- Bobcat Plains Academy High School - 92High · 77 students
Nearby schools
- Brookings High School - 010.4 mi · 979
- Camelot Intermediate - 060.9 mi · 523
- Hillcrest Elementary - 040.9 mi · 316
- George S. Mickelson Middle School - 021.0 mi · 780
- Bobcat Plains Academy Middle School - 931.1 mi · 4
- Bobcat Plains Academy High School - 921.1 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Medary Elementary - 05What is the total enrollment at Medary Elementary - 05?
Medary Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Medary Elementary - 05 serve?
Medary Elementary - 05 serves grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Medary Elementary - 05 have?
Medary Elementary - 05 employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Medary Elementary - 05?
Student demographics at Medary Elementary - 05 are roughly 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Medary Elementary - 05 public or private?
Medary Elementary - 05 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Brookings School District 05-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.