📍 18010 Opal Rd, Opal, Meade County, 57765
Opal Elementary - 15 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Opal, Meade County. The school has 14 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shelly Mikkelson. It is part of the Meade School District 46-1 school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 1.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 75% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Opal Elementary - 15 enrolls 14 students across grades K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 1.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 14 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
3 of the school's 14 students (21%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 3 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Opal Elementary - 15 is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SD At-Large, state senate district 29, state house district 29.
Opal Elementary - 15 is one of 11 schools in Meade School District 46-1, based in Sturgis, South Dakota. The district serves 3,047 students district-wide and employs 215 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 14 students, Opal Elementary - 15 is smaller than the district average of about 277 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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