Wessington Springs Elementary - 02

Wessington Springs Elementary - 02, a small K-5 school in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, operated by Wessington Springs School District 36-2, instructs 145 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Wessington Springs School District 36-2 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 461 students. Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 15.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jerauld County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 54.1%.

In the area at large, Jerauld County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,750, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Jerauld County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 461 students), Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wessington Springs Elementary Cyber School - 94, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Wessington Springs Elementary - 02's enrollment has edged down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 180 (now 145). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.