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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANDON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-2·NCES 460795001237
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05
2001 S Sioux Blvd, Brandon, SD 57005 · (605) 582-8010 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
55 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (111).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05→Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07→Brandon Valley Middle School - 02→Brandon Valley High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Brandon Valley School District 49-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
70.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -2.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.4% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 71.6% |
| 2022-23 | 70.4% | 72.1% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Robert Bennis Elementary - 05
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 this school | 542 | 10.1% | 69.5% |
| Fred Assam Elementary - 06 Sioux Falls | 531 | 7.7% | 89.9% |
| Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 Tea | 538 | 14.5% | 64.4% |
| Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07 Brookings | 509 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
| Adventure Elementary - 10 Sioux Falls | 440 | 9.8% | 80.4% |
| Liberty Elementary - 02 Harrisburg | 559 | 16.1% | 40.7% |
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 Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #13 of 193 | #6 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #28 of 199 ▼ 4 | #8 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #11 of 202 ▲ 14 | #4 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #19 of 331 | #13 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #113 of 131 | #22 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #101 of 131 | #26 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.1% | #204 of 209 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #28 of 36 | #10 of 13 |
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
542
-120 (-18%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 542 | 32.4 | 16.7:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 33.6 | 16.8:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 32.9 | 16.9:1 | 10% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 5% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 28.5 | 18.2:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 25 | 19.7:1 | 13% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Bennis Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (517 to 542); teachers up 14% (28.5 to 32.4).
About Robert Bennis Elementary - 05
Students in Brandon, South Dakota, attend Robert Bennis Elementary - 05, a large elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 542 students in kindergarten through 4. Against the 204-student average for elementary schools in South Dakota, enrollment here is 166% higher.
Besides Robert Bennis Elementary - 05, Brandon Valley School District 49-2 runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 5,182 students.
The student body at Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is 87% White. Other groups make up 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 operates with 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.7:1. That is higher than the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. About 10% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is A. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 are 10.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.5% actual, 58.9% predicted).
According to the American Community Survey, in Minnehaha County, the median household income is $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 83 public schools in Minnehaha County, enrolling about 34,919 students in all.
Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07 is located about 0.1 miles from Robert Bennis Elementary - 05. The five-mile area around Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 67.5%, lower than Robert Bennis Elementary - 05's 69.5%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 120 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 20.1:1 to 16.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Minnehaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,289
Census ACS
Median income
$76,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
34,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brandon Valley School District 49-2
- Brandon Valley High School - 01High · 1,381 students
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07Middle · 829 students
- Brandon Valley Middle School - 02Middle · 759 students
- Brandon Elementary - 03Elementary · 728 students
- Fred Assam Elementary - 06Elementary · 531 students
- Inspiration Elementary - 08Elementary · 345 students
Other schools in Brandon
- Brandon Valley High School - 01High · 1,381 students
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07Middle · 829 students
- Brandon Valley Middle School - 02Middle · 759 students
- Brandon Elementary - 03Elementary · 728 students
- Brandon Valley Distance Learning Academy Elementary - 94Combined
- Brandon Valley Distance Learning Academy High School - 92Combined
Nearby schools
- Brandon Valley Intermediate - 070.1 mi · 829
- Brandon Elementary - 031.6 mi · 728
- Brandon Valley High School - 011.7 mi · 1,381
- Brandon Valley Middle School - 021.8 mi · 759
- Fred Assam Elementary - 062.5 mi · 531
- Washington High School - 014.4 mi · 1,819
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Bennis Elementary - 05What is the total enrollment at Robert Bennis Elementary - 05?
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 serve?
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Robert Bennis Elementary - 05?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Robert Bennis Elementary - 05.
How diverse is Robert Bennis Elementary - 05?
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 reports a student body of 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert Bennis Elementary - 05?
Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 is overseen by Brandon Valley School District 49-2 in Minnehaha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.