Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 136 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOONSOCKET SCHOOL DISTRICT 55-4·NCES 468019000789
Woonsocket Elementary - 03
101 N 2nd Ave, Woonsocket, SD 57385 · (605) 796-4431 · Sanborn County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of South Dakota public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
73 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 18 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 33% larger than its 8th grade class (15).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Woonsocket Elementary - 03→Woonsocket High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Woonsocket School District 55-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
53.2%
SD avg 47.5% . +5.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 51.7% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 47.8% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Woonsocket Elementary - 03
Woonsocket Elementary - 03's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woonsocket Elementary - 03 this school | 181 | 40.3% | 44.8% |
| Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02 Wakonda | 161 | 34.8% | 32.5% |
| Wessington Springs Elementary - 02 Wessington Springs | 145 | 41.4% | 54.1% |
| Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04 Alcester | 166 | 33.7% | 50.1% |
| Tyndall Elementary - 04 Tyndall | 188 | 38.3% | 71.6% |
| Highmore Elementary - 02 Highmore | 133 | 36.8% | 41.2% |
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 Woonsocket Elementary - 03 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #121 of 193 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #89 of 199 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #156 of 202 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #142 of 331 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #82 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
181
-19 (-9%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 184
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | 40% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 42% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 13 | 15.0:1 | 34% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 200 | 12 | 16.7:1 | 39% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 15.1 | 12.4:1 | 41% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 166 | 13 | 12.8:1 | 37% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 130 | 11 | 11.8:1 | 42% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 126 | 13 | 9.7:1 | 42% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 184 | 11 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woonsocket Elementary - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (186 to 181); teachers down 13% (15.1 to 13).
About Woonsocket Elementary - 03
Woonsocket Elementary - 03, located in Woonsocket, South Dakota, is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 181 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8.
The district, Woonsocket School District 55-4, has 272 students enrolled across 2 schools.
About 88% of the student body at Woonsocket Elementary - 03 is White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% Native American. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Woonsocket Elementary - 03, 13 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. On average, elementary schools in South Dakota have 15.4:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 40% of enrollment. That is higher than the 31% average for public schools in Sanborn County.
The allk12 Grade for Woonsocket Elementary - 03 is C+. Compared with South Dakota public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Woonsocket Elementary - 03's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (44.8%) and its predicted rate (46.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sanborn County show that the median household income is $78,750, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Woonsocket Elementary - 03, Sanborn County has 5 other public schools.
Woonsocket High School - 01 is located less than a tenth of a mile from Woonsocket Elementary - 03. The ten-mile area around Woonsocket Elementary - 03 holds 4 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 52.6%, higher than Woonsocket Elementary - 03's 44.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment decrease, from 200 in 2020-21 to 181 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2020-21 to 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Sanborn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,384
Census ACS
Median income
$78,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
484 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woonsocket School District 55-4
- Woonsocket High School - 01High · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Woonsocket High School - 010.0 mi · 91
- Sanborn Central Elementary - 068.5 mi · 102
- Sanborn Central High School - 018.5 mi · 33
- Sanborn Central Middle School - 028.5 mi · 35
- Wessington Springs Elementary - 0214.0 mi · 145
- Wessington Springs Elementary Cyber School - 9414.0 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Woonsocket Elementary - 03What is the total enrollment at Woonsocket Elementary - 03?
Woonsocket Elementary - 03 enrolls approximately 181 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Woonsocket Elementary - 03 serve?
Woonsocket Elementary - 03 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Woonsocket Elementary - 03 have?
Woonsocket Elementary - 03 employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Woonsocket Elementary - 03?
Student demographics at Woonsocket Elementary - 03 are roughly 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Woonsocket Elementary - 03 public or private?
Woonsocket Elementary - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Woonsocket School District 55-4.
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