Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04

Set in Olivet, South Dakota, Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 is an one-room-style K-5 school, operated by Freeman School District 33-1. It caters to 34 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 is one of 5 schools operated by Freeman School District 33-1, a district that educates 435 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, On paper, Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hutchinson County shows median household income runs about $73,977, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 is one of 19 public schools in Hutchinson County (combined enrollment of about 1,376 students).

Tschetter Colony Elementary - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wolf Creek Colony Elementary - 04 has ticked up 26%, going from 27 students in 2018 to 34 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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