Elementary Schools in Gayville-Volin School District 63-1

Summary:

The Gayville-Volin School District 63-1 in South Dakota has only one elementary school, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 142 students. The school's performance has declined over the past three years, with its ranking dropping from 160 out of 204 schools in 2022-2023 to 215 out of 300 schools in the 2024-2025 school year, earning it a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02 is underperforming compared to state and district averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments were below the state averages in both English Language Arts (29.09% vs. 50.93%) and Mathematics (32.72% vs. 43.49%). The school's proficiency rates were also below the district averages in both subjects. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2%, significantly higher than the state average.

Socioeconomic factors may also be contributing to the school's challenges. In the 2023-2024 school year, 35.21% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $11,865, which is above the state average, and the school had a student-teacher ratio of 13.5 to 1, slightly lower than the state average.

District Detail

100 Kingsbury St
Gayville, SD 57031

(605) 267-4476

SchoolDigger Rank:
115^th of 147 South Dakota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 281

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Gayville-Volin Elementary - 02	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Kingsbury St	Gayville	57031	Yankton County	Gayville-Volin School District 63-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 267-4476	136	10	13.2	31.6%	125 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.7%)	35.7	215^th of 300 public elementary schools	28.3%		19.3	172^nd of 201 public elementary schools	14.4%	43	31.6	26.3	29.4	29.1	42.1	26.3	29.4	32.7	47.1	$13,609	$936	$12,672

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	8.34 mi	3	48^th
Yankton School District 63-3	10.63 mi	8	47^th
Vermillion School District 13-1	13.96 mi	3	49^th
Centerville School District 60-1	19.01 mi	3	16^th
Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6	19.64 mi	4	66^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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