Philip Elementary - 02

Philip Elementary - 02 operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in Philip, South Dakota, run under Haakon School District 27-1. Current enrollment sits at 131 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Philip Elementary - 02 sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Philip Elementary - 02 is one of 4 schools operated by Haakon School District 27-1, a district that caters to 326 students overall.

Demographically, Philip Elementary - 02 reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% Native American, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Haakon County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Philip Elementary - 02 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Philip Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Haakon County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $65,625 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Haakon County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 332 students), of which Philip Elementary - 02 is one.

Philip High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Philip Elementary - 02 comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Philip Elementary - 02 has ticked down 10%, going from 145 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.