Enrollment
132
Elementary
DISTRICT 42 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANKINTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 01-1·NCES 465571000507
Plankinton Elementary - 02
404 E Davenport St, Plankinton, SD 57368 · (605) 942-7743 · Aurora County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
56 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 23 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (20).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Plankinton Elementary - 02→Plankinton Middle School - 03
Based on grade levels within Plankinton School District 01-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.8%
SD avg 50.3% . -6.5pp since 2022
Math
55.4%
SD avg 47.5% . -9.9pp 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 55 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.8% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 56.2% |
| 2022-23 | 58.3% | 65.3% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Plankinton Elementary - 02
Plankinton Elementary - 02's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plankinton Elementary - 02 this school | 132 | 42.4% | 50.4% |
| Estelline Elementary - 02 Estelline | 149 | 34.9% | 54.9% |
| Elkton Elementary - 02 Elkton | 186 | 43.0% | 39.1% |
| Flandreau Elementary - 04 Flandreau | 287 | 51.2% | 39.1% |
| Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 Roscoe | 61 | 34.4% | 37.5% |
| Freeman Elementary - 02 Freeman | 192 | 32.8% | 48.5% |
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 Plankinton Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #94 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #81 of 199 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #92 of 202 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #184 of 331 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #70 of 209 |
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
132
-24 (-15%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 148
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 132 | 12.8 | 10.3:1 | 42% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 152 | 14.7 | 10.3:1 | 47% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 13.3 | 10.6:1 | 35% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 13 | 12.0:1 | 45% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 168 | 12.7 | 13.2:1 | 39% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | 46% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 157 | 10 | 15.7:1 | 33% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 105 | 9 | 11.7:1 | 39% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 148 | 8 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plankinton Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (168 to 132); teachers up 1% (12.7 to 12.8).
About Plankinton Elementary - 02
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Plankinton Elementary - 02 serves students in Plankinton, South Dakota. It serves 132 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in South Dakota is roughly 204 students; this school is 35% smaller than that.
Plankinton School District 01-1 is made up of 7 schools with 291 students in all.
At Plankinton Elementary - 02, White students make up 64% of the student body. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic and 5% Native American. Census figures show Aurora County is about 87% White. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Plankinton Elementary - 02 employs 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Plankinton Elementary - 02's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 42%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Plankinton Elementary - 02 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Plankinton Elementary - 02 is 4.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
Census estimates describe Aurora County this way: the median household income is $72,885, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. In all, Aurora County has 11 public schools and roughly 566 students.
Of nearby public schools, Plankinton High School - 01 is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Plankinton Elementary - 02.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Plankinton Elementary - 02's enrollment dropped from 156 in 2020-21 to 132 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.3:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Plankinton Elementary - 02 covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Aurora County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,642
Census ACS
Median income
$72,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plankinton School District 01-1
- Plankinton High School - 01High · 86 students
- Plankinton Middle School - 03Middle · 49 students
- Aurora Plains Academy High School - 05High · 10 students
- Aurora Plains Academy Middle School - 04Middle · 7 students
- Dakota Reach - 06High · 5 students
- Dakota Reach Middle School - 07Middle · 2 students
Other schools in Plankinton
- Plankinton High School - 01High · 86 students
- Plankinton Middle School - 03Middle · 49 students
- Aurora Plains Academy High School - 05High · 10 students
- Aurora Plains Academy Middle School - 04Middle · 7 students
- Dakota Reach - 06High · 5 students
- Dakota Reach Middle School - 07Middle · 2 students
Nearby schools
- Plankinton High School - 010.0 mi · 86
- Plankinton Middle School - 030.0 mi · 49
- Aurora Plains Academy High School - 051.1 mi · 10
- Aurora Plains Academy Middle School - 041.1 mi · 7
- Dakota Reach Middle School - 071.1 mi · 2
- Dakota Reach - 061.1 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Plankinton Elementary - 02How many students attend Plankinton Elementary - 02?
Plankinton Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 132 students in grades PK-05.
Is Plankinton Elementary - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Plankinton Elementary - 02 is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Plankinton Elementary - 02 have?
Plankinton Elementary - 02 employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Plankinton Elementary - 02?
At Plankinton Elementary - 02, the student body is approximately 64% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Plankinton Elementary - 02 in?
Plankinton Elementary - 02 is part of Plankinton School District 01-1.
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