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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Hermosa Elementary - 04, Hermosa, SD

Hermosa Elementary - 04 is a public elementary school in Hermosa, part of Custer School District 16-1. It enrolled 181 students in 2024-25, with 12.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
181
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
12.1
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 11.8. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.1
District11.8
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
11 4th St, Hermosa, SD 57744
Phone
(605)255-4345
District
Custer School District 16-1
County
Custer County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
461695000159
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
38
Reduced-price lunch
18
Free or reduced-price lunch
5630.9% 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 Custer School District 16-1

Elementary schools elsewhere in Hermosa

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.