O M Tiffany Elementary - 11
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About O M Tiffany Elementary - 11
Set in Aberdeen, South Dakota, O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 is an average-sized primary school, run under Aberdeen School District 06-1. It teaches 304 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 49% above typical.
Across the 10 schools in Aberdeen School District 06-1 (4,241 students total), O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Native American, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 55% of students at O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brown County (around 35%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 32.4%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Brown County) records that median household income runs about $70,898, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 is one of 22 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students).
C C Lee Elementary - 05 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O M Tiffany Elementary - 11. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.2%.
O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. O M Tiffany Elementary - 11's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 338 (now 304). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 4% to 17%.
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