Rosholt Elementary - 02

Rosholt Elementary - 02, a small primary school in Rosholt, South Dakota, part of Rosholt School District 54-4, enrolls 97 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 204 students each, so Rosholt Elementary - 02 sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

Rosholt School District 54-4 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 235 students; Rosholt Elementary - 02 is among them.

On demographics, Rosholt Elementary - 02 logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 11% Native American, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Roberts County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rosholt Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 53.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Roberts County) shows that median household income runs about $65,130, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Roberts County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,162 students), Rosholt Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rosholt High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rosholt Elementary - 02 comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 112 students in 2018 compared to 97 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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