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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 161 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TODD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 66-1·NCES 467209001349
Todd County Elementary - 16
27011 US Highway 83, Mission, SD 57555 · (605) 856-3506 · Todd County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
511 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
17.1%
SD avg 50.3% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
SD avg 47.5%
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 6 points since 2022.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.1% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.0% | 7.2% |
| 2022-23 | 11.1% | N/A |
% 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
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Todd County Elementary - 16
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd County Elementary - 16 this school | 511 | 100.0% | 11.4% |
| Wolf Creek School - 02 Pine Ridge | 567 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Rockyford School - 03 Porcupine | 404 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 Eagle Butte | 281 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
| Rosebud Elementary - 04 Rosebud | 292 | 100.0% | 11.3% |
| Isna Wica Owayawa Oglala | 230 | 98.7% | N/A |
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 Todd County Elementary - 16 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Todd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #191 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #195 of 199 ▲ 2 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #193 of 202 ▲ 4 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #26 of 331 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #54 of 131 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #118 of 131 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #18 of 209 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #67 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
511
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 511 | 37.8 | 13.5:1 | 100% (511) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 41.7 | 12.2:1 | 100% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 44 | 11.1:1 | 100% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 100% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 35.5 | 15.4:1 | 100% (545) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 100% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Todd County Elementary - 16.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (545 to 511); teachers up 7% (35.5 to 37.8).
About Todd County Elementary - 16
Students in Mission, South Dakota, attend Todd County Elementary - 16, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 511 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in South Dakota, the average enrollment is about 204.
Todd County School District 66-1 oversees Todd County Elementary - 16 and 10 other schools, with 1,980 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Todd County Elementary - 16 is 92% Native American. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at Todd County Elementary - 16 are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Todd County Elementary - 16 is 13.5:1, based on 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. Todd County Elementary - 16 counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Todd County.
Among South Dakota public elementary schools, Todd County Elementary - 16 outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Todd County Elementary - 16 is 10.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
The school's county is Todd County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $42,075, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 42% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Todd County's 13 public schools enroll about 2,610 students and include Todd County Elementary - 16.
Todd County Elementary - 16's closest public school neighbor is Todd County Middle School - 10, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Todd County Elementary - 16, there are 4 other public schools.
Todd County Elementary - 16 is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 523 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 511. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.5:1.
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Todd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,244
Census ACS
Median income
$42,075
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
42%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,610 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Todd County School District 66-1
- Todd County High School - 01High · 447 students
- Todd County Middle School - 10Middle · 353 students
- Rosebud Elementary - 04Elementary · 292 students
- He Dog Elementary - 05Elementary · 189 students
- Spring Creek Elementary - 07Elementary · 57 students
- Todd County Achievement High School - 17High · 46 students
Other schools in Mission
- Todd County High School - 01High · 447 students
- Todd County Middle School - 10Middle · 353 students
- Todd County Achievement High School - 17High · 46 students
- Todd County Achievement Middle School - 18Middle · 9 students
- Resource Center - 11Combined
Nearby schools
- Todd County Middle School - 100.3 mi · 353
- Todd County High School - 010.4 mi · 447
- Todd County Achievement Middle School - 180.5 mi · 9
- Todd County Achievement High School - 170.5 mi · 46
- Rosebud Elementary - 0411.0 mi · 292
- Klein Elementary - 0813.6 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Todd County Elementary - 16How large is Todd County Elementary - 16?
Todd County Elementary - 16 enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Todd County Elementary - 16 serve?
Todd County Elementary - 16 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Todd County Elementary - 16 have?
Todd County Elementary - 16 employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Todd County Elementary - 16?
Todd County Elementary - 16 reports a student body of 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Todd County Elementary - 16 public or private?
Todd County Elementary - 16 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Todd County School District 66-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.