Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 108 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 33-3·NCES 465430000491
Parkston Elementary - 02
102C S Chapman Dr, Parkston, SD 57366 · (605) 928-3368 · Hutchinson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- ·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
14.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
69 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 26 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Parkston School District 33-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
67.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +8.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 62.6% |
| 2022-23 | 51.6% | 59.0% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Parkston Elementary - 02
Parkston Elementary - 02's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkston Elementary - 02 this school | 272 | 25.4% | 52.3% |
| Platte - Geddes Elementary - 02 Platte | 230 | 23.5% | 62.8% |
| Garretson Elementary - 02 Garretson | 246 | 24.8% | 40.7% |
| Groton Area Elementary - 02 Groton | 278 | 23.4% | 58.7% |
| McCook Central Elementary - 02 Salem | 225 | 25.3% | 41.9% |
| Miller Elementary - 02 Miller | 231 | 22.5% | 65.0% |
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 Parkston Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Hutchinson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #87 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #35 of 199 ▲ 15 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #80 of 202 ▼ 23 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #110 of 331 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #69 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #106 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #147 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #31 of 36 | N/A |
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
272
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 272 | 19.4 | 14.0:1 | 25% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 20.5 | 14.1:1 | 30% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 20.6 | 13.6:1 | 24% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 19.6 | 13.6:1 | 26% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 29% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 23 | 12.2:1 | 21% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 24 | 13.6:1 | 32% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 26 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkston Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (265 to 272); teachers down 1% (19.6 to 19.4).
About Parkston Elementary - 02
Parkston Elementary - 02 runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Parkston, South Dakota. It had 272 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll about 204 students on average.
Parkston School District 33-3 counts 561 students in its 6 schools, and Parkston Elementary - 02 is one of them.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Parkston Elementary - 02. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Hutchinson County, where about 91% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Its ratio of 14.0:1 is based on 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%. On average, public schools in Hutchinson County report 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Parkston Elementary - 02 lands at B, ahead of 55% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Parkston Elementary - 02 is -0.3 points: 52.3% actual, 52.6% predicted.
In Hutchinson County, median household income comes to about $73,977, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hutchinson County counts 19 public schools with about 1,376 students.
Among nearby public schools, Parkston Middle School - 05 is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Parkston Elementary - 02 is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 59.6% proficiency; Parkston Elementary - 02 posts 52.3%.
The federal government classifies Parkston Elementary - 02's location as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 272 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 296.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Parkston Elementary - 02. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hutchinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,404
Census ACS
Median income
$73,977
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
1,376 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parkston School District 33-3
- Parkston High School - 01High · 112 students
- Parkston Middle School - 05Middle · 98 students
- Old Elm Spring Colony Elementary - 03Elementary · 31 students
- Our HomeHigh · 27 students
- New Elm Spring Colony Elementary - 08Elementary · 21 students
- Parkston Virtual School - 92High
Other schools in Parkston
- Parkston High School - 01High · 112 students
- Parkston Middle School - 05Middle · 98 students
- Old Elm Spring Colony Elementary - 03Elementary · 31 students
- Our HomeHigh · 27 students
Nearby schools
- Parkston Middle School - 050.0 mi · 98
- Parkston High School - 010.0 mi · 112
- Our Home0.0 mi · 27
- New Elm Spring Colony Elementary - 089.9 mi · 21
- Ethan Elementary - 0210.4 mi · 155
- Ethan High School - 0110.4 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About Parkston Elementary - 02How large is Parkston Elementary - 02?
Parkston Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
Is Parkston Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkston Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Parkston Elementary - 02 have?
Parkston Elementary - 02 employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkston Elementary - 02?
At Parkston Elementary - 02, the student body is approximately 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkston Elementary - 02?
Parkston Elementary - 02 is overseen by Parkston School District 33-3 in Hutchinson County.
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