Vermillion Elementary - 05

Vermillion Elementary - 05 is a high-enrollment elementary school in Vermillion, South Dakota, one of the schools within Vermillion School District 13-1. The school instructs 625 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 206% larger than typical.

Vermillion School District 13-1 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,041 students; Vermillion Elementary - 05 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Vermillion Elementary - 05 lists that White students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder comes out to 8% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Vermillion Elementary - 05 has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, census data for Clay County shows median household earnings sit near $56,850, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Clay County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,202 students), Vermillion Elementary - 05 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vermillion Middle School - 02, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

On the community side, the feed for Vermillion Elementary - 05 typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.