Elementary · South Dakota
West Elementary - 03
West Elementary - 03, a public elementary school in Spearfish, South Dakota: grades 1–2, 322 students, 10.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Spearfish School District 40-2.
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
- 322
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.6
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- Grades
- 1–2
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 12.8 · 318 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 73% of elementary schools in South Dakota
Median 150 · 319 schools compared
Smaller than 69% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades 1–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Spearfish School District 40-2.
Location
- Address
- 920 W King St, Spearfish, SD 57783
- Phone
- (605)717-1205
- City or town
- Spearfish
- County
- Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 168 | 11.8 | |
| 3–5 | 553 | 15.5 | |
| K–5 | 243 | 9.0 | |
| 1–4 | 347 | 11.5 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 138 | 13.6 | |
| K | 89 | 10.6 |
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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