Enrollment
119
Elementary
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 204
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENNOX SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-4·NCES 464155000389
Worthing Elementary - 05
230 Cedar St, Worthing, SD 57077 · (605) 372-4114 · Lincoln County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats 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
18.1:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
29 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 12 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (25).
Student demographics
19%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
Based on grade levels within Lennox School District 41-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +17.4pp since 2022
Math
69.8%
SD avg 47.5% . +9.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 17 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 81.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Worthing Elementary - 05
Worthing Elementary - 05's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthing Elementary - 05 this school | 119 | 24.4% | 72.7% |
| Scotland Elementary - 02 Scotland | 114 | 27.2% | 56.7% |
| Hanson Elementary - 06 Alexandria | 151 | 25.2% | 59.4% |
| Philip Elementary - 02 Philip | 131 | 25.2% | 48.4% |
| Centerville Elementary - 02 Centerville | 108 | 28.7% | 52.5% |
| Castlewood Elementary - 02 Castlewood | 140 | 26.4% | 54.5% |
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 Worthing Elementary - 05 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #8 of 193 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #29 of 199 ▼ 23 | #4 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #24 of 202 ▼ 14 | #4 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #190 of 331 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #155 of 209 | #3 of 12 |
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
119
+6 (+5%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 62
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 119 | 6.6 | 18.1:1 | 24% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 121 | 6.8 | 17.9:1 | 12% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 126 | 7.4 | 17.0:1 | 5% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 6 | 18.8:1 | 12% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 96 | 6.6 | 14.7:1 | 8% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 111 | 6 | 18.5:1 | 20% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 150 | 8 | 18.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 117 | 9 | 13.0:1 | 15% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 62 | 4 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Worthing Elementary - 05.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (96 to 119); teachers unchanged (6.6 to 6.6).
About Worthing Elementary - 05
Worthing Elementary - 05 is an elementary school located in Worthing, South Dakota, in Lincoln County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 4, with 119 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in South Dakota is roughly 204 students; this school is 42% smaller than that.
Worthing Elementary - 05 is in Lennox School District 41-4, a district with 1,192 students across 5 schools.
White students are the large majority at Worthing Elementary - 05, with 90% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The White share in Lincoln County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. By the diversity index, Worthing Elementary - 05 comes in at 19%.
The school employs the equivalent of 6.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in South Dakota is 15.4:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Worthing Elementary - 05 is 24%.
Measured against South Dakota public elementary schools, Worthing Elementary - 05 receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Worthing Elementary - 05 ranks in the top 10% in South Dakota. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.7%, against a prediction of 53.0%.
Across Lincoln County, median household income is about $99,166, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Worthing Elementary - 05 is among the 26 public schools in Lincoln County.
Nearby, Lennox Jr. High - 08 is about 6.4 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 62.8%; Worthing Elementary - 05's is 72.7%, ranking 2nd of 7.
NCES describes the area around Worthing Elementary - 05 as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 113 in 2020-21 and 119 in 2024-25, a increase of 6 students.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lennox School District 41-4
- Lennox Elementary - 02Elementary · 362 students
- Lennox High School - 01High · 357 students
- Lennox Intermediate - 09Middle · 185 students
- Lennox Jr. High - 08Middle · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Lennox Jr. High - 086.4 mi · 169
- Lennox High School - 016.4 mi · 357
- Lennox Intermediate - 096.6 mi · 185
- Lennox Elementary - 026.6 mi · 362
- Liberty Elementary - 026.9 mi · 559
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 037.4 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About Worthing Elementary - 05How large is Worthing Elementary - 05?
Worthing Elementary - 05 enrolls approximately 119 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Worthing Elementary - 05 serve?
Worthing Elementary - 05 serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Worthing Elementary - 05?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Worthing Elementary - 05 is approximately 18.1:1 (7 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Worthing Elementary - 05?
At Worthing Elementary - 05, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Worthing Elementary - 05 public or private?
Worthing Elementary - 05 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lennox School District 41-4.
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