Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03

Located at 409 E 6th St, in Alcester, South Dakota, Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 is a tiny intermediate school that caters to 53 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 is one of 4 schools operated by Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1, a district that educates 351 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%); the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 19%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 35.4%, a residual of -12.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Union County shows median household earnings sit near $89,636, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,037 students), Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 05, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03's enrollment has edged up 39% since 2018, when it stood at 38 (now 53). Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 11% across the same window.

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