Woonsocket Elementary - 03

Woonsocket Elementary - 03 operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Woonsocket, South Dakota, overseen by Woonsocket School District 55-4. Current enrollment sits at 181 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 2 schools in Woonsocket School District 55-4 (272 students total), Woonsocket Elementary - 03 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Woonsocket Elementary - 03 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 4% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Woonsocket Elementary - 03 has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting Woonsocket Elementary - 03 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sanborn County runs at roughly 31%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woonsocket Elementary - 03 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sanborn County put the typical household earns roughly $78,750 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Sanborn County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 484 students), Woonsocket Elementary - 03 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woonsocket High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Woonsocket Elementary - 03 comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woonsocket Elementary - 03 has shrank 3%, going from 186 students in 2018 to 181 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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