Enrollment
188
Elementary
DISTRICT 68 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BON HOMME SCHOOL DISTRICT 04-2·NCES 460740000064
Tyndall Elementary - 04
1404 Fir St, Tyndall, SD 57066 · (605) 589-3389 · Bon Homme County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL188 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- A+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
12.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
72 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 49 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 113% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Bon Homme School District 04-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.7%
SD avg 50.3% . +9.4pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -1.2pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.7% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 67.6% |
| 2022-23 | 60.3% | 76.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Tyndall Elementary - 04
Tyndall Elementary - 04's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyndall Elementary - 04 this school | 188 | 38.3% | 71.6% |
| Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04 Alcester | 166 | 33.7% | 50.1% |
| Florence Elementary - 02 Florence | 179 | 32.4% | 39.2% |
| Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 Wessington Springs | 145 | 41.4% | 54.1% |
| Gregory Elementary - 02 Gregory | 237 | 43.5% | 59.2% |
| Woonsocket Elementary - 03 Woonsocket | 181 | 40.3% | 44.8% |
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 Tyndall Elementary - 04 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Bon Homme County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #10 of 193 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #17 of 199 ▲ 18 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #13 of 202 ▲ 59 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 188 | #135 of 331 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.3% | #88 of 209 | 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
188
+52 (+38%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 178
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 188 | 15.3 | 12.3:1 | 38% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 14.5 | 12.7:1 | 29% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 12.5 | 12.4:1 | 28% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 10 | 13.6:1 | 25% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 138 | 9.6 | 14.4:1 | 30% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 123 | 9 | 13.7:1 | 37% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 10 | 14.7:1 | 34% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 173 | 11 | 15.7:1 | 33% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 178 | 11 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tyndall Elementary - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (138 to 188); teachers up 60% (9.6 to 15.3).
About Tyndall Elementary - 04
Tyndall Elementary - 04 is a mid-sized elementary school in Tyndall, South Dakota, (ZIP code 57066). Its enrollment is 188 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Bon Homme School District 04-2 operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 582 students.
Roughly 89% of students at Tyndall Elementary - 04 are White. Other students are 7% multiracial and 3% Native American. Bon Homme County residents are about 87% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tyndall Elementary - 04 scores 21%.
Teacher count: 15.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in South Dakota, 15.4:1, is higher. Roughly 38% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Tyndall Elementary - 04 earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of South Dakota public elementary schools.
Tyndall Elementary - 04 is in the top 10% of South Dakota schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.3%. The school's actual rate is 71.6%, 24.3 points higher.
In the wider Bon Homme County area, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Bon Homme County, 15 public schools serve about 1,071 students.
Tyndall Elementary - 04's nearest public school is Bon Homme High School - 01 (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On average proficiency, Tyndall Elementary - 04 is 1st of 4 nearby schools with test data.
Tyndall Elementary - 04 falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 38%, from 136 to 188. The school's ratio dropped from 13.6:1 to 12.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Bon Homme County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,044
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
1,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bon Homme School District 04-2
- Bon Homme High School - 01High · 136 students
- Bon Homme Middle School - 02Middle · 108 students
- Springfield Elementary - 03Elementary · 57 students
- Dawson Colony School - 20Elementary · 34 students
- Hutterische Colony Elementary - 18Elementary · 30 students
- Bon Homme PK - 08Elementary · 29 students
Other schools in Tyndall
- Bon Homme High School - 01High · 136 students
- Bon Homme Middle School - 02Middle · 108 students
- Bon Homme PK - 08Elementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Bon Homme High School - 010.0 mi · 136
- Bon Homme PK - 080.0 mi · 29
- Bon Homme Middle School - 020.0 mi · 108
- Dawson Colony School - 206.4 mi · 34
- Springfield Elementary - 039.2 mi · 57
- Avon High School - 019.5 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Tyndall Elementary - 04How many students attend Tyndall Elementary - 04?
Tyndall Elementary - 04 enrolls approximately 188 students in grades KG-05.
Is Tyndall Elementary - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tyndall Elementary - 04 is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Tyndall Elementary - 04 have?
Tyndall Elementary - 04 employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
How diverse is Tyndall Elementary - 04?
Tyndall Elementary - 04 reports a student body of 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Tyndall Elementary - 04?
Tyndall Elementary - 04 is overseen by Bon Homme School District 04-2 in Bon Homme County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.