Belle Fourche Middle School - 07

Set in Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 is a sprawling middle school, operated by Belle Fourche School District 09-1. It hosts 414 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 121% bigger than typical.

Belle Fourche School District 09-1 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,274 students; Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 is among them.

Demographically, Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American.

On the resource side, Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 42.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Butte County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,652 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Butte County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,504 students), of which Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 is one.

South Park Elementary - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Belle Fourche Middle School - 07 ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Belle Fourche Middle School - 07's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 414). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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