Platte Colony Elementary - 10

As a minimally staffed K-5 school in Academy, South Dakota, Platte Colony Elementary - 10 hosts 22 students from grades K through 8, run under Platte - Geddes School District 11-5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Platte Colony Elementary - 10 sits 89% smaller than that benchmark.

Platte - Geddes School District 11-5 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 522 students. Platte Colony Elementary - 10 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Platte Colony Elementary - 10 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Platte Colony Elementary - 10 has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.9:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Charles Mix County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,038, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Charles Mix County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,966 students), of which Platte Colony Elementary - 10 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Platte - Geddes High School - 01, around 15.4 miles off.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Platte Colony Elementary - 10's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 28 (now 22). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 6.9:1 today.

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