Enrollment
53
Middle
DISTRICT 88 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALCESTER-HUDSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 61-1·NCES 460002800874
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03
409 E 6th St, Alcester, SD 57001 · (605) 934-1890 · Union County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL53 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of South Dakota public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Dakota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
20 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 24 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 55% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 53% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.3pp since 2022
Math
34.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +12.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 26.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 22.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 this school | 53 | 37.7% | 35.4% |
| Elkton Jr. High - 03 Elkton | 65 | 33.8% | 26.3% |
| Estelline Middle School - 03 Estelline | 60 | 36.7% | 42.3% |
| Parker Jr. High - 03 Parker | 74 | 31.1% | 36.1% |
| Lemmon Jr. High - 06 Lemmon | 53 | 35.8% | 47.7% |
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 Wolsey | 75 | 32.0% | 32.3% |
Matched among South Dakota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 53 | #109 of 165 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
53
+3 (+6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 73
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53 | 4.6 | 11.6:1 | 38% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 49 | 4.2 | 11.6:1 | 31% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 53 | 4.2 | 12.7:1 | 34% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 50 | 3 | 16.7:1 | 24% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 38 | 3.1 | 12.3:1 | 29% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 40 | 3 | 13.3:1 | 30% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 48 | 2 | 24.0:1 | 35% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 78 | 4 | 19.5:1 | 29% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 73 | 3 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (38 to 53); teachers up 48% (3.1 to 4.6).
About Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03
This page covers Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03, a small middle school in Alcester, South Dakota. A federal count lists 53 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in South Dakota) has about 187 students.
The district, Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1, operates 4 schools serving 351 students.
White students are the large majority at Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03, with 83% of enrollment. Next come 11% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. By the diversity index, Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 comes in at 29%.
A ratio of 11.6:1 comes from the school's 4.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 38% of students at Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 19% average for public schools in Union County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 a C. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 is 12.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (35.4% versus 47.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in South Dakota.
Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that median household income is about $89,636, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 14 public schools operate in Union County, serving about 3,037 students.
The nearest other public school, Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 05, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 50 in 2020-21 and 53 in 2024-25, a rise of 3 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.7:1 to 11.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,081
Census ACS
Median income
$89,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,037 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1
- Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04Elementary · 166 students
- Alcester-Hudson High School - 01High · 99 students
- Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 05Elementary · 33 students
Other schools in Alcester
- Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 04Elementary · 166 students
- Alcester-Hudson High School - 01High · 99 students
- Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 05Elementary · 33 students
Nearby schools
- Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 050.0 mi · 33
- Alcester-Hudson High School - 010.0 mi · 99
- Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 040.0 mi · 166
- Hawarden Elementary School7.3 mi · 193
- West Sioux Middle School7.8 mi · 154
- West Sioux High School7.8 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03How large is Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03?
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 53 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 serve?
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 have?
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03?
Student demographics at Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 are roughly 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03?
Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 is overseen by Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1 in Union County.
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