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What's something Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-5·NCES 460005200388
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01
500 W Charish St, Tea, SD 57064 · (605) 498-2700 · Lincoln County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
78 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 120 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Tea Area School District 41-5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
SD avg 50.3% . -1.2pp since 2022
Math
76.2%
SD avg 47.5% . +7.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 76.2% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 73.2% | 68.8% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 this school | 538 | 14.5% | 64.4% |
| Liberty Elementary - 02 Harrisburg | 559 | 16.1% | 40.7% |
| Robert Bennis Elementary - 05 Brandon | 542 | 10.1% | 69.5% |
| Fred Assam Elementary - 06 Sioux Falls | 531 | 7.7% | 89.9% |
| Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07 Brookings | 509 | 12.4% | 64.2% |
| Pinedale Elementary - 11 Rapid City | 377 | 14.1% | 58.4% |
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 Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #22 of 193 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #14 of 199 ▲ 16 | #2 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #8 of 202 ▲ 8 | #2 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #20 of 331 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #119 of 131 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #97 of 131 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #194 of 209 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #8 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
538
+63 (+13%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 538 | 31.4 | 17.2:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 30.3 | 17.6:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 30.6 | 16.1:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 15% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 26% (179) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (710 to 538); teachers down 20% (39 to 31.4).
About Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is a large elementary school based in Tea, South Dakota. Enrolled students number 538 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 164% higher than the average for elementary schools in South Dakota, which is about 204.
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is among 5 schools run by Tea Area School District 41-5, which serves 2,509 students.
About 85% of the student body at Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is White. The remaining students are 7% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 17.2 students per teacher and 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 14%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is 7.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.4% actual, 57.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Census estimates describe Lincoln County this way: the median household income is $99,166, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01, Lincoln County has 25 other public schools.
Tea Area Middle School - 02 is the public school closest to Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.0%; Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01's is 64.4%, ranking 2nd of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment has grown by 63 students since 2020-21, to 538.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tea Area School District 41-5
- Tea Area High School - 03High · 717 students
- Tea Area Middle School - 02Middle · 583 students
- Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06Elementary · 379 students
- Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05Elementary · 292 students
- Tea Area Preschool - 07Elementary
Other schools in Tea
- Tea Area High School - 03High · 717 students
- Tea Area Middle School - 02Middle · 583 students
- Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06Elementary · 379 students
- Tea Area Preschool - 07Elementary
Nearby schools
- Tea Area Middle School - 020.2 mi · 583
- Tea Area High School - 030.3 mi · 717
- Tea Area Venture Elementary - 060.7 mi · 379
- Explorer Elementary - 043.9 mi · 338
- Adventure Elementary - 103.9 mi · 440
- RF Pettigrew Elementary - 173.9 mi · 846
Frequently asked questions
About Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01What is the total enrollment at Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01?
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 serve?
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is approximately 17.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01?
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 reports a student body of 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01?
Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 is overseen by Tea Area School District 41-5 in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.