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SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
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NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the well-populated 6-8 campuss in SO SIOUX CITY, Nebraska, operated by SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, with 781 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 411 students each, so SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 90% bigger than that benchmark.
Within SO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHS, which oversees 8 schools and 3,871 students, SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% White, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 14.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 46.8%.
Across the wider county, Dakota County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,329 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dakota County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,437 students), SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SOUTH SIOUX HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 839 (now 781). The White share of enrollment contracted from 20% to 16% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for SOUTH SIOUX CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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