Mike Miller Elementary - 07

Mike Miller Elementary - 07, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Aberdeen, South Dakota, part of Aberdeen School District 06-1, works with 282 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Mike Miller Elementary - 07 is one of 10 schools operated by Aberdeen School District 06-1, a district that works with 4,241 students overall.

Demographically, Mike Miller Elementary - 07 records that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American, 4% Asian. By comparison, Brown County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Mike Miller Elementary - 07 has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Mike Miller Elementary - 07 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 42.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,898 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Brown County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students), of which Mike Miller Elementary - 07 is one.

New Beginnings - 89 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mike Miller Elementary - 07. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mike Miller Elementary - 07 at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mike Miller Elementary - 07 has expanded 20%, going from 235 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 5% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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