Elementary · South Dakota
Wakpala Elementary - 02
Free meals for allWakpala Elementary - 02, a public elementary school in Wakpala, South Dakota: grades k–5, 95 students, 9.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Smee School District 15-3.
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
- 95
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.7
- Students per teacher
- 9.8
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 150 · 319 schools compared
Smaller than 96% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- 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 Smee School District 15-3.
Location
- Address
- 12250 SD Hwy 1806, Wakpala, SD 57658
- Phone
- (605)845-3040
- County
- Corson County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3–5 | 143 | 16.4 | |
| K–2 | 149 | 13.6 | |
McLaughlin Elementary - 02Free meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 203 | 11.0 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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