Elementary · South Dakota

Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02

Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 02, a public elementary school in De Smet, South Dakota: grades pre-k–5, 176 students, 14.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of De Smet School District 38-2.

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
176
Teachers (FTE)
12.4
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 55% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 150 · 319 schools compared

Smaller than 90% 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%

60%proficient

+0.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 49% · 281 elementary schools compared

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

Math

South Dakota: 45%

63%proficient

+7.8 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 48% · 272 elementary schools compared

73 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 Pre-K–5
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 De Smet School District 38-2.

Location

Address
405 Ingalls Ave SW, De Smet, SD 57231
Phone
(605)854-3963
City or town
De Smet

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Pre-K–5969.158%86%
K–816106.7—10%
Pre-K–511411.929%33%
Pre-K–515314.239%51%
K–615214.171%74%
K–8187.715%—

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 461785000162