Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 131 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 56-4·NCES 466045000551
Redfield Elementary - 03
111 6th Ave E, Redfield, SD 57469 · (605) 472-4520 · Spink County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
91 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Redfield Elementary - 03→Redfield Middle School - 02
Based on grade levels within Redfield School District 56-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +6.6pp since 2022
Math
52.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
271
-83 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.1:1
% White
88%
was 93%
% Hispanic
4%
was 3%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Spink County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,219
Census ACS
Median income
$70,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
1,155 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redfield School District 56-4
- Redfield High School - 01High · 153 students
- Redfield Middle School - 02Middle · 91 students
- Turtle Creek High School - 04High · 8 students
- Redfield Virtual School - 92High
- Turtle Creek Elementary School - 06Middle
Other schools in Redfield
- Redfield High School - 01High · 153 students
- Redfield Middle School - 02Middle · 91 students
- Turtle Creek High School - 04High · 8 students
- Redfield Virtual School - 92High
- Turtle Creek Elementary School - 06Middle
Nearby schools
- Redfield High School - 010.0 mi · 153
- Redfield Middle School - 020.0 mi · 91
- Turtle Creek High School - 040.7 mi · 8
- Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 019.7 mi · 58
- Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 029.7 mi · 19
- Glendale Colony Elementary - 0412.4 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Redfield Elementary - 03What is the total enrollment at Redfield Elementary - 03?
Redfield Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Redfield Elementary - 03 serve?
Redfield Elementary - 03 serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Redfield Elementary - 03?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Redfield Elementary - 03.
How diverse is Redfield Elementary - 03?
Redfield Elementary - 03 reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Redfield Elementary - 03 public or private?
Redfield Elementary - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Redfield School District 56-4.
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