Elementary · South Dakota

Rockyford School - 03

Free meals for all

Rockyford School - 03, a public elementary school in Porcupine, South Dakota: grades pre-k–8, 404 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1.

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
404
Teachers (FTE)
33.0
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 82% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 150 · 319 schools compared

Smaller than 52% 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%

7.3%proficient

−0.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 100% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 49% · 281 elementary schools compared

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

Math

South Dakota: 45%

14%proficient

A lower share proficient than 92% of elementary schools in South Dakota

Median 48% · 272 elementary schools compared

51 students tested, grades 3 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1.

Location

Address
14 Bia 33, Porcupine, SD 57772
Phone
(605)455-2438

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Red Shirt School - 04Free meals for all
Pre-K–8537.6

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 466546000576