Enrollment
110
Middle
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-1·NCES 460468000986
Baltic Middle School - 03
1 Bulldog Ave, Baltic, SD 57003 · (605) 529-5461 · Minnehaha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL110 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of South Dakota public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
21 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 6 | 35 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 29% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Baltic Middle School - 03→Baltic High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Baltic School District 49-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.2pp since 2022
Math
47.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 58.4% | 39.8% |
| 2022-23 | 54.5% | 40.7% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Baltic Middle School - 03
Baltic Middle School - 03's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Middle School - 03 this school | 110 | 19.1% | 52.6% |
| Groton Area Middle School - 04 Groton | 132 | 18.9% | 52.8% |
| Garretson Middle School - 03 Garretson | 105 | 19.0% | 46.5% |
| Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 Britton | 97 | 21.6% | 38.0% |
| Parkston Middle School - 05 Parkston | 98 | 23.5% | 50.5% |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03 Elk Point | 151 | 19.2% | 45.8% |
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 Baltic Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Minnehaha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #19 of 64 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #29 of 64 ▲ 14 | #7 of 13 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #17 of 65 ▲ 1 | #6 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 110 | #57 of 165 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.1% | #53 of 65 | #9 of 13 |
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
110
-10 (-8%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 57
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 110 | 8.2 | 13.4:1 | 19% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 115 | 7.6 | 15.1:1 | 19% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 7.8 | 16.6:1 | 16% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 120 | 7 | 17.1:1 | 13% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 127 | 7.7 | 16.6:1 | 16% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 110 | 7 | 15.7:1 | 18% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 95 | 6 | 15.8:1 | 34% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 43 | 2 | 21.5:1 | 14% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 57 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baltic Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (127 to 110); teachers up 7% (7.7 to 8.2).
About Baltic Middle School - 03
Baltic Middle School - 03 is a middle school in Baltic, South Dakota, reachable at (605) 529-5461. In all, 110 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. The school is 41% below the average for middle schools in South Dakota.
Baltic School District 49-1 has 568 students in 3 schools, and Baltic Middle School - 03 is one of those schools.
The share of students at Baltic Middle School - 03 who are White is 91%. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. County-wide, 80% of Minnehaha County residents are White. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at Baltic Middle School - 03 are from different groups.
The school's 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. At Baltic Middle School - 03, 19% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Minnehaha County report 42%.
On the allk12 Grade, Baltic Middle School - 03 lands at B+, ahead of 65% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Baltic Middle School - 03 scores 52.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.2%.
The county, Minnehaha County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $76,880 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Baltic Middle School - 03, Minnehaha County has 83 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Baltic Middle School - 03 is closest to Baltic Elementary - 02, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Baltic Middle School - 03 places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Baltic Middle School - 03 enrolled 120 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 110. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.1:1 to 13.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Minnehaha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,289
Census ACS
Median income
$76,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
34,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baltic School District 49-1
- Baltic Elementary - 02Elementary · 307 students
- Baltic High School - 01High · 151 students
Other schools in Baltic
- Baltic Elementary - 02Elementary · 307 students
- Baltic High School - 01High · 151 students
Nearby schools
- Baltic Elementary - 020.0 mi · 307
- Baltic High School - 010.0 mi · 151
- Dell Rapids Elementary - 025.1 mi · 355
- Dell Rapids High School - 015.3 mi · 315
- Dell Rapids Middle School - 035.3 mi · 295
- Renberg Elementary - 427.9 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Baltic Middle School - 03How many students attend Baltic Middle School - 03?
Baltic Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 110 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Baltic Middle School - 03 serve?
Baltic Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Baltic Middle School - 03?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Baltic Middle School - 03.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baltic Middle School - 03?
At Baltic Middle School - 03, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Baltic Middle School - 03 public or private?
Baltic Middle School - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltic School District 49-1.
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