Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YANKTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 63-3·NCES 468043000795
Stewart Elementary - 05
208 W 21st St, Yankton, SD 57078 · (605) 665-5765 · Yankton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
12.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
103 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Based on grade levels within Yankton School District 63-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.1%
SD avg 50.3% . +1.5pp since 2022
Math
65.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 48.9% |
| 2022-23 | 49.6% | 54.3% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Stewart Elementary - 05
Stewart Elementary - 05's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Elementary - 05 this school | 271 | 38.0% | 45.6% |
| McKinley Early Childhood Center - 06 Watertown | 296 | 38.2% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary - 05 Watertown | 361 | 37.1% | 61.7% |
| Black Hawk Elementary - 03 Black Hawk | 305 | 34.1% | 29.9% |
| Hill City Elementary - 02 Hill City | 247 | 31.6% | 47.4% |
| Hot Springs Elementary - 02 Hot Springs | 306 | 35.6% | 38.0% |
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 Stewart Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Yankton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #120 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #45 of 199 ▲ 62 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #100 of 202 ▲ 36 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #112 of 331 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #34 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #72 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #90 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #87 of 87 | N/A |
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
271
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 271 | 21.2 | 12.8:1 | 38% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 21.6 | 13.3:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 19.9 | 14.0:1 | 31% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 30% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 20.2 | 13.5:1 | 33% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 33% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 20 | 15.6:1 | 27% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stewart Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (273 to 271); teachers up 5% (20.2 to 21.2).
About Stewart Elementary - 05
Stewart Elementary - 05 is a medium-sized elementary school in South Dakota, located in Yankton. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 271 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in South Dakota) has about 204 students.
Yankton School District 63-3 counts 3,021 students in its 6 schools, and Stewart Elementary - 05 is one of them.
Roughly 77% of students at Stewart Elementary - 05 are White. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Native American. County-wide, 88% of Yankton County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 21.2 full-time equivalents, or about 12.8 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota have 15.4:1, compared with 12.8:1 here. About 38% of students, or 103, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Stewart Elementary - 05 is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 43% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Stewart Elementary - 05 falls in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools: 45.6% actual against 47.5% predicted.
In the county around the school, Yankton County, the median household income is $72,821, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Yankton County is home to 11 public schools and about 3,321 public school students.
Nearest public school: Yankton Middle School - 02, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Local comparison: Stewart Elementary - 05 ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 45.6% versus a 43.1% average.
NCES assigns Stewart Elementary - 05 the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 274 to 271.
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Yankton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
23,414
Census ACS
Median income
$72,821
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,321 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yankton School District 63-3
- Yankton High School - 01High · 923 students
- Yankton Middle School - 02Middle · 608 students
- Lincoln Elementary - 04Elementary · 416 students
- Beadle Elementary - 03Elementary · 412 students
- Webster Elementary - 06Elementary · 391 students
- Trailhead Learning CenterElementary
Other schools in Yankton
- Yankton High School - 01High · 923 students
- Yankton Middle School - 02Middle · 608 students
- Lincoln Elementary - 04Elementary · 416 students
- Beadle Elementary - 03Elementary · 412 students
- Webster Elementary - 06Elementary · 391 students
- Trailhead Learning CenterElementary
Other Stewart Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 10 states are named Stewart Elementary. Stewart Elementary - 05 is the 12th largest of the 13.
- Stewart Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 914 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolHUNTSVILLE, TX · 547 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 502 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolWashington, IA · 457 students
- Stewart ElemSalina, KS · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Yankton Middle School - 020.4 mi · 608
- Beadle Elementary - 030.8 mi · 412
- Yankton High School - 010.9 mi · 923
- Lincoln Elementary - 041.0 mi · 416
- Webster Elementary - 061.2 mi · 391
- Gayville-Volin High School - 0111.2 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Stewart Elementary - 05How large is Stewart Elementary - 05?
Stewart Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 271 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Stewart Elementary - 05 serve?
Stewart Elementary - 05 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Stewart Elementary - 05?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Stewart Elementary - 05.
How diverse is Stewart Elementary - 05?
Stewart Elementary - 05 reports a student body of 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Stewart Elementary - 05 in?
Stewart Elementary - 05 is part of Yankton School District 63-3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.