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Alumni: what's one memory from Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 160 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEADE SCHOOL DISTRICT 46-1·NCES 466993000644
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05
16159 2nd St, Piedmont, SD 57769 · (605) 787-5295 · Meade County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
130 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (112).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -5.7pp since 2022
Math
61.9%
SD avg 47.5% . -2.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 64.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.1% | 64.4% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 this school | 514 | 25.3% | 58.6% |
| Creekside Elementary - 07 Spearfish | 553 | 23.0% | 54.1% |
| Lawrence Elementary - 02 Canton | 411 | 22.4% | 50.4% |
| Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 Tea | 379 | 20.6% | 58.9% |
| Lennox Elementary - 02 Lennox | 362 | 20.4% | 71.2% |
| Freedom Elementary - 06 Harrisburg | 442 | 23.3% | 37.8% |
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 Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Meade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #47 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #56 of 199 ▼ 11 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #87 of 202 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #25 of 331 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #64 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #94 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.3% | #149 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #19 of 87 | 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
514
0 (0%) vs 2020
+414% since 1990-91, when it was 100
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 514 | 37.2 | 13.8:1 | 25% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 38.2 | 14.0:1 | 24% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 37.2 | 14.1:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 22% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 647 | 39.3 | 16.5:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 33% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 33% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 32% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 100 | 4 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (647 to 514); teachers down 5% (39.3 to 37.2).
About Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05
Families in Piedmont, South Dakota, are served by Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05, a high-enrollment elementary school. Total enrollment is 514 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota enroll about 204 students on average.
Meade School District 46-1 serves 3,047 students across 11 schools.
The share of students at Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 who are White is 85%. Enrollment also includes 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. Meade County residents are about 86% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
With 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.8:1. Elementary schools in South Dakota have an average ratio of 15.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05, 25% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 lands between the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.6%; the prediction is 52.7%.
Meade County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,790 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 shares Meade County with 15 other public schools.
A public school about 2.9 miles away, Stagebarn Middle School - 10, is the closest to Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 3. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 514, starting from 514. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.1:1 in 2020-21 to 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Meade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,546
Census ACS
Median income
$74,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,395 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Meade School District 46-1
- Sturgis Brown High School - 01High · 845 students
- Sturgis Elementary - 03Elementary · 531 students
- Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02Middle · 490 students
- Stagebarn Middle School - 10Middle · 432 students
- Whitewood Elementary - 04Elementary · 138 students
- Central Meade County School - 09Elementary · 49 students
Nearby schools
- Stagebarn Middle School - 102.9 mi · 432
- Black Hawk Elementary - 036.7 mi · 305
- Lead-Deadwood Career & Technical Education - 107.9 mi · 54
- Pinedale Elementary - 1111.2 mi · 377
- South Canyon Elementary - 1511.6 mi · 274
- Stevens High School - 4212.1 mi · 1,771
Frequently asked questions
About Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05How many students attend Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05?
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 514 students in grades KG-04.
Is Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 have?
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05?
Student demographics at Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 are roughly 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 public or private?
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Meade School District 46-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.