Silver Lake Colony - 07

As a minimally staffed elementary school in Clark, South Dakota, Silver Lake Colony - 07 teaches 16 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Clark School District 12-2. Enrollment runs roughly 92% smaller than the state mean of about 204.

Clark School District 12-2 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 497 students; Silver Lake Colony - 07 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Silver Lake Colony - 07 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Silver Lake Colony - 07 lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at Silver Lake Colony - 07 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Clark County (around 36%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Silver Lake Colony - 07 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 36.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $70,726, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Silver Lake Colony - 07 is one of 11 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 820 students).

The closest other public school is Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05, roughly 6.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Silver Lake Colony - 07 at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Silver Lake Colony - 07's enrollment has declined 63% since 2018, when it stood at 43 (now 16). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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