Plankinton Elementary - 02

As a compact elementary campus in Plankinton, South Dakota, Plankinton Elementary - 02 teaches 132 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Plankinton School District 01-1. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 204.

Plankinton School District 01-1 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 291 students. Plankinton Elementary - 02 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Plankinton Elementary - 02 reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 5% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at Plankinton Elementary - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Plankinton Elementary - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 50.4%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Aurora County shows median household earnings sit near $72,885, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Plankinton Elementary - 02 is one of 11 public schools in Aurora County (combined enrollment of about 566 students).

Nearest neighbor: Plankinton High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Plankinton Elementary - 02 operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plankinton Elementary - 02 has shrank 21%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 132 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 75% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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