Baltic Middle School - 03

Baltic Middle School - 03 is one of the intimate intermediate schools in Baltic, South Dakota, one of the schools within Baltic School District 49-1, with 110 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 187.

Baltic School District 49-1 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 568 students. Baltic Middle School - 03 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Baltic Middle School - 03 shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Minnehaha County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Baltic Middle School - 03 lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Minnehaha County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Baltic Middle School - 03 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Minnehaha County shows median household earnings sit near $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Minnehaha County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), Baltic Middle School - 03 is one campus in the mix.

Baltic High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Baltic Middle School - 03 comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

Baltic Middle School - 03 operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baltic Middle School - 03 has declined 13%, going from 127 students in 2018 to 110 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 97% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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