Spring Creek Elementary - 07

Located at 233 Yellow Cloud Dr, in St Francis, South Dakota, Spring Creek Elementary - 07 is a rural-scale elementary campus that instructs 57 students (grades K through 8), run under Todd County School District 66-1. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 72% smaller than typical.

Todd County School District 66-1 runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 1,980 students. Spring Creek Elementary - 07 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Spring Creek Elementary - 07 lists that nearly all students (100%) are Native American.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, Todd County reports that the typical household earns roughly $42,075 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 42%. Spring Creek Elementary - 07 is one of 13 public schools in Todd County (combined enrollment of about 2,610 students).

Nearest neighbor: St. Francis Indian School, around 6.7 miles off.

Spring Creek Elementary - 07 operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spring Creek Elementary - 07 has ticked down 21%, going from 72 students in 2018 to 57 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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