Redfield Elementary - 03

As a mid-sized primary school in Redfield, South Dakota, Redfield Elementary - 03 educates 271 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Redfield School District 56-4. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Redfield Elementary - 03 sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Redfield School District 56-4 (523 students total), Redfield Elementary - 03 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Redfield Elementary - 03 lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest looks like 5% Native American, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Redfield Elementary - 03 has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Spink County (around 24%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Redfield Elementary - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -3.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Spink County put median household income runs about $70,139, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Redfield Elementary - 03 is one of 22 public schools in Spink County (combined enrollment of about 1,155 students).

Redfield High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redfield Elementary - 03 has contracted 23%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 93% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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