Elementary · South Dakota

Goldenview Colony School - 04

Goldenview Colony School - 04, a public elementary school in Salem, South Dakota: grades k–8, 28 students, 23.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of McCook Central School District 43-7.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
28
Teachers (FTE)
1.2
Students per teacher
23.3
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 98% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared

More students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 150 · 319 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

South Dakota: 49%

31%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 49% · 281 elementary schools compared

16 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Dakota: 45%

31%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 76% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 48% · 272 elementary schools compared

16 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with McCook Central School District 43-7.

Location

Address
25473 438th Ave, Salem, SD 57058
Phone
(605)425-2264
City or town
Golden View Colony

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–522512.548%42%
Pre-K–514110.669%70%
Pre-K–514311.761%76%
Pre-K–510811.069%57%
K–84214.068%48%
Pre-K–515114.369%71%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 460102601281