Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-7·NCES 463171000777
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05
303 E 2nd St, Hartford, SD 57033 · (605) 528-3215 · Minnehaha County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% 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.
- B-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
14.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
49 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 108 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 23% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +1.5pp since 2022
Math
66.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +3.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 61.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.9% | 62.9% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 West Central Hartford Elementary - 05
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 this school | 368 | 13.3% | 59.2% |
| Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 Dell Rapids | 355 | 12.7% | 72.2% |
| Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 Volga | 372 | 14.0% | 54.3% |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Elementary - 02 Elk Point | 334 | 17.1% | 44.2% |
| Baltic Elementary - 02 Baltic | 307 | 16.0% | 63.8% |
| West Central Humboldt Elementary - 02 Humboldt | 310 | 11.3% | 53.5% |
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 West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #41 of 193 | #12 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #38 of 199 ▲ 18 | #12 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #77 of 202 ▲ 11 | #16 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #69 of 331 | #23 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #87 of 131 | #16 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #116 of 131 | #30 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #199 of 209 | #32 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +49.0% | #2 of 36 | #1 of 13 |
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
368
+92 (+33%) vs 2020
+72% since 2000-01, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 368 | 24.7 | 14.9:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 20.4 | 13.4:1 | 13% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 21.4 | 13.1:1 | 10% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 9% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 19.1 | 12.9:1 | 19% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 19 | 13.4:1 | 20% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 21% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 16% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Central Hartford Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 49% (247 to 368); teachers up 29% (19.1 to 24.7).
About West Central Hartford Elementary - 05
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05, a large elementary school, is located in Hartford, South Dakota. It enrolled 368 students in kindergarten through 3 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in South Dakota average about 204 students each.
West Central School District 49-7 runs 6 schools with a combined 1,418 students. West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is one of them.
About 92% of the student body at West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is White. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Minnehaha County, the White share is about 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 employs 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in South Dakota average 15.4:1. West Central Hartford Elementary - 05's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 13%. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Minnehaha County.
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of South Dakota public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is +1.7 points: 59.2% actual, 57.6% predicted.
Census estimates describe Minnehaha County this way: the median household income is $76,880, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides West Central Hartford Elementary - 05, Minnehaha County has 82 other public schools.
West Central Middle School - 04 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of West Central Hartford Elementary - 05, there are 4 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 92 students since 2020-21, to 368. The school's ratio rose from 13.8:1 to 14.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Minnehaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,289
Census ACS
Median income
$76,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
34,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Central School District 49-7
- West Central High School - 01High · 408 students
- West Central Humboldt Elementary - 02Elementary · 310 students
- West Central Middle School - 04Middle · 297 students
- Falls Academy - 08High · 29 students
- Brighten Transition Youth Treatment Center - 07High · 6 students
Other schools in Hartford
- West Central High School - 01High · 408 students
- West Central Middle School - 04Middle · 297 students
Nearby schools
- West Central Middle School - 040.3 mi · 297
- West Central High School - 010.3 mi · 408
- Falls Academy - 084.7 mi · 29
- Brighten Transition Youth Treatment Center - 074.7 mi · 6
- West Central Humboldt Elementary - 026.7 mi · 310
- Tri-Valley Elementary in Crooks - 046.8 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About West Central Hartford Elementary - 05How many students attend West Central Hartford Elementary - 05?
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-03.
Is West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is an elementary school covering grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Central Hartford Elementary - 05?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is approximately 14.9:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Central Hartford Elementary - 05?
At West Central Hartford Elementary - 05, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 public or private?
West Central Hartford Elementary - 05 is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Central School District 49-7.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.