Menno Elementary - 02

Menno Elementary - 02 operates as an intimate primary school in Menno, South Dakota, overseen by Menno School District 33-2. Current enrollment sits at 91 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Menno School District 33-2 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 260 students; Menno Elementary - 02 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Menno Elementary - 02 reports that nearly all students (98%) are White.

On the resource side, Menno Elementary - 02 reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Menno Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Menno Elementary - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hutchinson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $73,977, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hutchinson County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,376 students), of which Menno Elementary - 02 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Menno High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Menno Elementary - 02. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Menno Elementary - 02 at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 34.8%.

Menno Elementary - 02 operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Menno Elementary - 02 has showed little movement, going from 93 students in 2018 to 91 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

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