Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06

Located at 101 E 7th St, in Tea, South Dakota, Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 is a heavily attended K-5 school that enrolls 379 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Tea Area School District 41-5. That puts it 86% above the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 is one of 5 schools operated by Tea Area School District 41-5, a district that caters to 2,509 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 records that nearly all students (82%) are White; the rest looks like 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 21% of students at Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 58.9%.

Across the wider county, Lincoln County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,166 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Lincoln County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,530 students), Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06. On composite proficiency, Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

On this page, members of the Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.