Rockport Colony Elementary- 10

Located at 25209 Rockport Rd, in Alexandria, South Dakota, Rockport Colony Elementary- 10 is a micro-enrollment K-5 school that enrolls 12 students (grades K through 8), overseen by Mitchell School District 17-2. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 94% smaller than typical.

Mitchell School District 17-2 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,628 students. Rockport Colony Elementary- 10 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Rockport Colony Elementary- 10 reports that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hanson County) records that median household income runs about $81,071, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hanson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 602 students), of which Rockport Colony Elementary- 10 is one.

Nearest neighbor: New Elm Spring Colony Elementary - 08, around 3.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 29%: 17 students in 2018 compared to 12 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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