Sturgis Elementary - 03

Sturgis Elementary - 03 operates as a sizable K-5 school in Sturgis, South Dakota, one of the schools within Meade School District 46-1. Current enrollment sits at 531 students spanning grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 160% above typical.

Sturgis Elementary - 03 is one of 11 schools operated by Meade School District 46-1, a district that educates 3,047 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sturgis Elementary - 03 shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Native American. Compared to Meade County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Sturgis Elementary - 03 logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Sturgis Elementary - 03 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at Sturgis Elementary - 03 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Meade County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sturgis Elementary - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of +8.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Meade County shows median household earnings sit near $74,790, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Sturgis Elementary - 03 is one of 16 public schools in Meade County (combined enrollment of about 3,395 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sturgis Elementary - 03 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sturgis Elementary - 03 has fell 10%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025.

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