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McCook Central Elementary - 02, Salem, SD

McCook Central Elementary - 02 is a public elementary school in Salem, part of McCook Central School District 43-7. It enrolled 225 students in 2024-25, with 13.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
225
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
13.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.4. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.2
District13.4
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
200 E Essex, Salem, SD 57058
Phone
(605)425-2264
District
McCook Central School District 43-7
County
McCook County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
460102600404
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
41
Reduced-price lunch
16
Free or reduced-price lunch
5725.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
29Students 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 McCook Central School District 43-7

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.