Onida Elementary - 04

Onida Elementary - 04 is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in Onida, South Dakota, operated by Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3, with 79 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 61% smaller than typical.

Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 230 students. Onida Elementary - 04 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Onida Elementary - 04 shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Native American, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.8:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Onida Elementary - 04 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 57.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sully County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,578 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Onida Elementary - 04 is one of 3 public schools in Sully County (combined enrollment of about 216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sully Buttes Middle School - 06, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Onida Elementary - 04. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Onida Elementary - 04 at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 58.1%.

Onida Elementary - 04 operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Onida Elementary - 04's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 79). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 82%. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Onida Elementary - 04 typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.