Enrollment
145
Elementary
DISTRICT 104 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARNER SCHOOL DISTRICT 06-5·NCES 467602000708
Warner Elementary - 02
110 1st Ave SW, Warner, SD 57479 · (605) 225-6194 · Brown County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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
13.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
7 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 33 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 57% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 Warner School District 06-5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.3%
SD avg 50.3% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
91.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +10.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 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, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.3% | 91.6% |
| 2023-24 | 81.1% | 83.8% |
| 2022-23 | 81.3% | 81.3% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 22 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 Warner Elementary - 02
Warner Elementary - 02's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Elementary - 02 this school | 145 | 4.8% | 82.8% |
| Montrose Elementary - 02 Montrose | 108 | 13.9% | 56.7% |
| Armour Elementary - 02 Armour | 119 | 10.1% | 33.2% |
| Tri-Valley Elementary in Colton - 02 Colton | 154 | 16.2% | 50.4% |
| Howard Elementary - 02 Howard | 158 | 16.5% | 62.2% |
| Northwestern Elementary - 04 Mellette | 135 | 19.3% | 52.8% |
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 Warner Elementary - 02 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #3 of 193 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.6% | #3 of 199 ▲ 2 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #2 of 202 ▲ 2 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #172 of 331 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.8% | #209 of 209 | #8 of 8 |
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
145
-14 (-9%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 129
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 145 | 11 | 13.1:1 | 5% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 10.8 | 13.8:1 | 6% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 10.8 | 14.4:1 | 7% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 159 | 10 | 15.9:1 | 8% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 10.1 | 14.9:1 | 8% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 143 | 10 | 14.3:1 | 12% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 137 | 8 | 17.1:1 | 23% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 131 | 7 | 18.7:1 | 20% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 129 | 8 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warner Elementary - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (151 to 145); teachers up 9% (10.1 to 11).
About Warner Elementary - 02
Warner Elementary - 02 is a small elementary school in South Dakota, located in Warner. Its 145 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in South Dakota is about 204 students.
Warner Elementary - 02 is in Warner School District 06-5, a district with 313 students across 3 schools.
Most students at Warner Elementary - 02 are White: 94% of enrollment. Other students are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 85% White share among all Brown County residents. Warner Elementary - 02 has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 11 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Warner Elementary - 02 was 13.1:1. The 15.4:1 average for elementary schools in South Dakota is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 5%. For comparison, public schools in Brown County average 35%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Warner Elementary - 02 receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Warner Elementary - 02 is a top-10% school in South Dakota on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.0% with an actual 82.8%.
Within Brown County, median household income is about $70,898, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 22 public schools in Brown County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,354.
The closest public school, Warner Middle School - 03, is less than a tenth of a mile from Warner Elementary - 02. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Warner Elementary - 02 is 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Warner Elementary - 02 is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Warner Elementary - 02 saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 13.1 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,877
Census ACS
Median income
$70,898
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,354 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warner School District 06-5
- Warner High School - 01High · 85 students
- Warner Middle School - 03Middle · 83 students
Other schools in Warner
- Warner High School - 01High · 85 students
- Warner Middle School - 03Middle · 83 students
Other Warner Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Warner Elementary. Warner Elementary - 02 is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Warner Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,168 students
- Warner Elementary SchoolWarner, OK · 614 students
- Warner Elementary SchoolWilmington, DE · 395 students
- Warner ElementaryNashville, TN · 394 students
- Warner Elementary SchoolSPRING ARBOR, MI · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Warner Middle School - 030.0 mi · 83
- Warner High School - 010.0 mi · 85
- Central High School - 018.5 mi · 1,384
- Simmons Elementary - 108.6 mi · 386
- May Overby Elementary - 098.8 mi · 327
- Simmons Middle School - 038.8 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Warner Elementary - 02How many students attend Warner Elementary - 02?
Warner Elementary - 02 enrolls approximately 145 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Warner Elementary - 02 serve?
Warner Elementary - 02 serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Warner Elementary - 02 have?
Warner Elementary - 02 employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Warner Elementary - 02?
Warner Elementary - 02 reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Warner Elementary - 02 public or private?
Warner Elementary - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Warner School District 06-5.
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