Enrollment
55
Elementary
DISTRICT 41 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OELRICHS SCHOOL DISTRICT 23-3·NCES 465277000481
Oelrichs Elementary - 02
214 W 7th St, Oelrichs, SD 57763 · (605) 535-2631 · Fall River County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL55 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.7:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
55 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 8 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 11% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Oelrichs School District 23-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.5pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +2.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 16.7% |
| 2022-23 | 12.5% | 12.5% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Oelrichs Elementary - 02
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oelrichs Elementary - 02 this school | 55 | 100.0% | 18.5% |
| Spring Creek Elementary - 07 St Francis | 57 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Little Eagle School Little Eagle | 62 | 95.2% | N/A |
| Red Shirt School - 04 Hermosa | 53 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Rock Creek Grant School Bullhead | 50 | 94.0% | N/A |
| Eagle Butte Primary - 02 Eagle Butte | 85 | 98.8% | N/A |
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 Oelrichs Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 55 | #242 of 331 |
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
55
+8 (+17%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 46
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 55 | 5.7 | 9.7:1 | 100% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 5.1 | 8.7:1 | 100% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 41 | 5.6 | 7.4:1 | 100% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 47 | 5 | 9.4:1 | 100% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 44 | 4.8 | 9.2:1 | 100% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 41 | 5 | 8.2:1 | 100% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 48 | 6 | 8.0:1 | 94% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 43 | 4 | 10.8:1 | 74% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 46 | 5 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oelrichs Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (44 to 55); teachers up 19% (4.8 to 5.7).
About Oelrichs Elementary - 02
As a small elementary school, Oelrichs Elementary - 02 serves students in Oelrichs, South Dakota. The school had 55 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204, so this school runs 73% smaller than that.
Oelrichs Elementary - 02 is one school in a 3-school district, Oelrichs School District 23-3, which enrolls 124 students.
Oelrichs Elementary - 02's enrollment is 91% Native American. Next come 7% White. Oelrichs Elementary - 02's diversity index is 17%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 5.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.7:1. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota have 15.4:1, compared with 9.7:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Fall River County average 43%.
allk12 grades Oelrichs Elementary - 02 a C-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Oelrichs Elementary - 02 is 3.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.5%. Predicted: 22.1%.
Among Fall River County residents, the median household income is $67,917, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oelrichs Elementary - 02 is one of 8 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Oelrichs Elementary - 02 is Oelrichs Jr. High - 03, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Oelrichs Elementary - 02. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Oelrichs Elementary - 02 ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Oelrichs Elementary - 02's enrollment grew 17%, to 55.
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Fall River County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,258
Census ACS
Median income
$67,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
953 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oelrichs School District 23-3
- Oelrichs High School - 01High · 44 students
- Oelrichs Jr. High - 03Middle · 25 students
Other schools in Oelrichs
- Oelrichs High School - 01High · 44 students
- Oelrichs Jr. High - 03Middle · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Oelrichs Jr. High - 030.0 mi · 25
- Oelrichs High School - 010.0 mi · 44
- Hot Springs High School - 0121.3 mi · 215
- Hot Springs Middle School - 0621.3 mi · 189
- Hot Springs Elementary - 0221.5 mi · 306
- Isna Wica Owayawa23.3 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Oelrichs Elementary - 02How large is Oelrichs Elementary - 02?
Oelrichs Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 55 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oelrichs Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oelrichs Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Oelrichs Elementary - 02?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Oelrichs Elementary - 02.
How diverse is Oelrichs Elementary - 02?
Oelrichs Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 7% White, 2% Hispanic.
Is Oelrichs Elementary - 02 public or private?
Oelrichs Elementary - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oelrichs School District 23-3.
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