NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools SD

Best-Resourced Schools in Leola, SD

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

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6
Schools
185
Students
41.2/100
Avg Resource Index
10.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Leola has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Leola is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Leola's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic-need coverage is incomplete

Free-lunch eligibility is reported for schools covering 69.2% of Leola's listed enrollment. Because the remaining enrollment is outside that calculation, the measured percentage should not be generalized to every local student. The Resource Investment Index uses other reported federal fields and has its own coverage limits. Treat the city figures as a map of available records: inspect a campus's source fields before using economic need or resource position in a comparison.

City enrollment
Top 99%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
51st percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Leola Elementary - 02 accounts for 30.8% of all Leola public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Leola-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

Leola school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities

Leola school enrollment ranges from 11 students (lowest) to 57 students (highest), a spread of 46 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

Leola student-teacher ratio is 10.1:1 — 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. Leola Elementary - 02 55
2. Leola High School - 01 53
3. Leola Jr. High - 03 47
4. Deerfield Colony Elementary - 05 42
5. Rosette Colony Elementary - 03 35
6. Leola Alternative School - 07 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Leola

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 Leola High School - 01 31.4/100
  2. 2 Leola Elementary - 02 18.8/100
  3. 3 Leola Alternative School - 07 16.5/100
  4. 4 Rosette Colony Elementary - 03 0.0/100
  5. 5 Deerfield Colony Elementary - 05 0.0/100

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Which Leola school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Leola Elementary - 02 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Leola schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Leola, SD? ▼

Leola has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 185 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.1:1.

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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.