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Alumni: what's one memory from Milbank Elementary - 03 that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILBANK SCHOOL DISTRICT 25-4·NCES 460000200423
Milbank Elementary - 03
507 S 9th St, Milbank, SD 57252 · (605) 432-6615 · Grant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
157 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Based on grade levels within Milbank School District 25-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
SD avg 50.3% . +2.2pp since 2022
Math
58.9%
SD avg 47.5% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 61.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 56.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Milbank Elementary - 03
Milbank Elementary - 03's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milbank Elementary - 03 this school | 408 | 38.5% | 63.4% |
| Webster Elementary - 06 Yankton | 391 | 31.7% | 37.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 04 Yankton | 416 | 43.0% | 49.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary - 05 Watertown | 361 | 37.1% | 61.7% |
| Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 Mitchell | 379 | 41.2% | 51.0% |
| L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 Mitchell | 438 | 41.3% | 46.3% |
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 Milbank Elementary - 03 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #28 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #69 of 199 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #35 of 202 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #56 of 331 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #20 of 131 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #75 of 131 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #87 of 209 |
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
408
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 408 | 34.1 | 12.0:1 | 38% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 35.8 | 12.0:1 | 36% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 32.2 | 13.6:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 35% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 30.4 | 13.4:1 | 32% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 39% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 21% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 32 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milbank Elementary - 03.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (408 to 408); teachers up 12% (30.4 to 34.1).
About Milbank Elementary - 03
Milbank Elementary - 03 is a high-enrollment elementary school in South Dakota, with an address in Milbank. Enrollment is 408 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students, so this school is 100% bigger than average.
Milbank Elementary - 03 reports to Milbank School District 25-4, which has 4 schools and 973 students.
White students make up a majority at Milbank Elementary - 03, at 76%. Other students are 20% Hispanic. That is lower than the 91% White share among all Grant County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. That is lower than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 38%.
Milbank Elementary - 03 is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Milbank Elementary - 03 ranks in the top 10% in South Dakota. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.4%, against a prediction of 47.3%.
Among Grant County residents, the median household income is $75,028, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Milbank Elementary - 03 is one of 7 public schools in the county.
Milbank Middle School - 02 is located less than a tenth of a mile from Milbank Elementary - 03. The five-mile area around Milbank Elementary - 03 holds 2 other public schools. The school's 63.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
The school's size has been steady, with 416 students in 2020-21 and 408 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.9:1 to 12.0:1.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,563
Census ACS
Median income
$75,028
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milbank School District 25-4
- Milbank High School - 01High · 333 students
- Milbank Middle School - 02Middle · 222 students
- Blue Sky Colony - 04Elementary · 10 students
Other schools in Milbank
- Milbank High School - 01High · 333 students
- Milbank Middle School - 02Middle · 222 students
- Blue Sky Colony - 04Elementary · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Milbank Middle School - 020.1 mi · 222
- Milbank High School - 010.1 mi · 333
- Big Stone City Middle School - 039.4 mi · 19
- Big Stone City Elementary - 019.4 mi · 60
- Blue Sky Colony - 049.8 mi · 10
- Ortonville Secondary10.9 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About Milbank Elementary - 03What is the total enrollment at Milbank Elementary - 03?
Milbank Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Milbank Elementary - 03 serve?
Milbank Elementary - 03 serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Milbank Elementary - 03?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Milbank Elementary - 03.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milbank Elementary - 03?
At Milbank Elementary - 03, the student body is approximately 76% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Milbank Elementary - 03?
Milbank Elementary - 03 is overseen by Milbank School District 25-4 in Grant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.