Enrollment
153
Elementary
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIBORG-HURLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 60-6·NCES 467452000692
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02
203 W Park Ave, Viborg, SD 57070 · (605) 766-5418 · Turner County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
16.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
41 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 100% larger than its 4th grade class (18).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.2%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
65.1%
SD avg 47.5% . +18.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 19 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 65.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 62.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.2% | 46.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 this school | 153 | 26.8% | 60.5% |
| Hanson Elementary - 06 Alexandria | 151 | 25.2% | 59.4% |
| Ethan Elementary - 02 Ethan | 155 | 26.5% | 68.3% |
| Castlewood Elementary - 02 Castlewood | 140 | 26.4% | 54.5% |
| Faulkton Elementary - 02 Faulkton | 185 | 26.5% | 76.6% |
| Britton-Hecla Elementary - 02 Britton | 166 | 22.9% | 47.4% |
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 Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #37 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #46 of 199 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #98 of 202 ▼ 62 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #162 of 331 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #139 of 209 |
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
153
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 155
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 153 | 9.4 | 16.3:1 | 27% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 10.3 | 15.0:1 | 23% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 8.8 | 18.3:1 | 25% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | 25% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 153 | 8.7 | 17.6:1 | 25% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 139 | 9 | 15.4:1 | 19% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 49% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 135 | 9 | 15.0:1 | 21% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 155 | 2 | 77.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (153 to 153); teachers up 8% (8.7 to 9.4).
About Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Viborg, South Dakota. The school counts 153 students across pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6 oversees Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 and 3 other schools, with 403 students in total.
The large majority of students at Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02, 91%, are White. Next come 5% Hispanic and 3% Native American. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.3 students per teacher. The 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. That is close to the 27% average for public schools in Turner County.
allk12 grades Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 an A-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 scores 60.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.0%.
Federal survey data for Turner County show that median household income is about $75,771, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 15 public schools operate in Turner County, serving about 1,459 students.
The nearest other public school, Viborg-Hurley High School - 01, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02. By average proficiency, Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 is 1st among 5 schools close by.
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 had 151 students in 2020-21 and 153 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.1:1).
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Turner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,882
Census ACS
Median income
$75,771
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
1,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6
- Viborg-Hurley High School - 01High · 124 students
- Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03Middle · 114 students
- Cameron Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 12 students
Other schools in Viborg
- Viborg-Hurley High School - 01High · 124 students
- Cameron Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Viborg-Hurley High School - 010.0 mi · 124
- Irene - Wakonda Jr. High - 046.9 mi · 46
- Irene - Wakonda High School - 016.9 mi · 86
- Centerville Elementary - 027.3 mi · 108
- Centerville Middle School - 037.3 mi · 61
- Centerville High School - 017.3 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02What is the total enrollment at Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02?
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 153 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 serve?
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 is approximately 16.3:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02?
At Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 in?
Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 is part of Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6.
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