Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 06-1·NCES 460207001367
Mike Miller Elementary - 07
3010 Milwaukee Ave NE, Aberdeen, SD 57401 · (605) 725-7800 · Brown County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
115 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 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
51%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
37.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -9.8pp since 2022
Math
42.8%
SD avg 47.5% . +4.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 37 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 are down about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 57.6% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 38.7% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Mike Miller Elementary - 07
Mike Miller Elementary - 07's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Miller Elementary - 07 this school | 282 | 40.8% | 42.7% |
| McKinley Early Childhood Center - 06 Watertown | 296 | 38.2% | N/A |
| Stewart Elementary - 05 Yankton | 271 | 38.0% | 45.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary - 17 Rapid City | 328 | 41.8% | 41.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 05 Watertown | 361 | 37.1% | 61.7% |
| Simmons Elementary - 10 Aberdeen | 386 | 48.2% | 38.1% |
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 Mike Miller Elementary - 07 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #129 of 193 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #133 of 199 ▼ 63 | #7 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #154 of 202 ▼ 69 | #8 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #102 of 331 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #56 of 131 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #46 of 131 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #79 of 209 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.0% | #7 of 36 | 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
282
+37 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
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 | 282 | 20.7 | 13.6:1 | 41% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 18.4 | 14.5:1 | 34% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 17.4 | 14.0:1 | 30% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 29% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 16.1 | 14.6:1 | 36% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mike Miller Elementary - 07.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (235 to 282); teachers up 29% (16.1 to 20.7).
About Mike Miller Elementary - 07
Mike Miller Elementary - 07 is an elementary school located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in Brown County. Enrollment stands at 282 students, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 38% above the 204-student average for elementary schools in South Dakota.
A total of 10 schools make up Aberdeen School District 06-1, with 4,241 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Mike Miller Elementary - 07 is 68%, a majority. It is also 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Brown County is roughly 85% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mike Miller Elementary - 07 is 13.6:1, based on 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. Mike Miller Elementary - 07 counts 41% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mike Miller Elementary - 07 holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.3% for Mike Miller Elementary - 07. The school posts 42.7%, 3.6 points below the prediction.
In Brown County, the median household earns about $70,898 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Brown County, 22 public schools serve about 5,354 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Mike Miller Elementary - 07 from the closest public school, New Beginnings - 89. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mike Miller Elementary - 07 ranks 3rd of 5 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 37 students, from 245 to 282.
This page is set up for the Mike Miller Elementary - 07 community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
- May Overby Elementary - 09Elementary · 327 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
- May Overby Elementary - 09Elementary · 327 students
Nearby schools
- New Beginnings - 890.8 mi · 8
- O M Tiffany Elementary - 111.6 mi · 304
- Central High School - 011.6 mi · 1,384
- SDSBVI High School - 021.8 mi · 9
- SDSBVI Elementary - 011.8 mi · 10
- May Overby Elementary - 091.9 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Mike Miller Elementary - 07What is the total enrollment at Mike Miller Elementary - 07?
Mike Miller Elementary - 07 enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mike Miller Elementary - 07 serve?
Mike Miller Elementary - 07 serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Mike Miller Elementary - 07?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Mike Miller Elementary - 07.
How diverse is Mike Miller Elementary - 07?
Mike Miller Elementary - 07 reports a student body of 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Mike Miller Elementary - 07?
Mike Miller Elementary - 07 is overseen by Aberdeen School District 06-1 in Brown County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.