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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Chester Elementary -02, Chester, SD

Chester Elementary -02 is a public elementary school in Chester, part of Chester Area School District 39-1. It enrolled 154 students in 2024-25, with 17.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
154
Teachers (FTE)
9.0
Students per teacher
17.1
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.6. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.1
District16.6
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
102 2nd Ave, Chester, SD 57016
Phone
(605)489-2411
District
Chester Area School District 39-1
County
Lake County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
461230000131
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
25
Reduced-price lunch
6
Free or reduced-price lunch
3120.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
18Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Chester Area School District 39-1

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.