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Willow Lake Elementary - 02, Willow Lake, SD

Willow Lake Elementary - 02 is a public elementary school in Willow Lake, part of Willow Lake School District 12-3. It enrolled 153 students in 2024-25, with 15.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
153
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
15.3
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.0. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.3
District15.0
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
400 Garfield Ave, Willow Lake, SD 57278
Phone
(605)625-5945
District
Willow Lake School District 12-3
County
Clark County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
467935000755
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
50
Reduced-price lunch
24
Free or reduced-price lunch
7448.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
22Students 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 Willow Lake School District 12-3

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.