NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools SD

Best-Resourced Schools in Iroquois, SD

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5 public K-12 schools in Iroquois from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
236
Students
44.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Iroquois has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Iroquois Elementary - 04 enrolls 48.3% of Iroquois's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Iroquois's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 27-point gap between Iroquois Elementary - 04 and Collins Colony Elementary - 06 shows the range hidden by Iroquois's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 99%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
69th percentile
Teacher staffing
80th percentile

Iroquois Elementary - 04 accounts for 48.3% of all Iroquois public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Iroquois a distant remainder — means Iroquois-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Iroquois school enrollment varies 8.8× across entities

Iroquois school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 114 students (highest), a spread of 101 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Iroquois student-teacher ratio is 12.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Iroquois Elementary - 04 60
2. Iroquois Middle School - 02 49
3. Iroquois High School - 01 43
4. Pearl Creek Colony Elementary - 05 39
5. Collins Colony Elementary - 06 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Iroquois

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Iroquois Middle School - 02 34.9/100
  2. 2 Iroquois Elementary - 04 30.1/100
  3. 3 Iroquois High School - 01 23.6/100
  4. 4 Collins Colony Elementary - 06 0.0/100
  5. 5 Pearl Creek Colony Elementary - 05 0.0/100

What do families ask about schools in Iroquois?

Which Iroquois school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Iroquois Elementary - 04 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Iroquois schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Iroquois, SD? ▼

Iroquois has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 236 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.