Enrollment
153
Middle
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERESFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT 61-2·NCES 460636000051
Beresford Middle School - 03
205 W Maple St, Beresford, SD 57004 · (605) 763-2139 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of South Dakota public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
34 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 54 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 31% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Beresford Middle School - 03→Beresford High School - 01
Feeds from
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
SD avg 50.3% . +14.7pp since 2022
Math
33.1%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 33.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 18.4% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Beresford Middle School - 03
Beresford Middle School - 03's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beresford Middle School - 03 this school | 153 | 22.2% | 33.9% |
| Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 Lead | 139 | 25.2% | 43.2% |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03 Elk Point | 151 | 19.2% | 45.8% |
| Madison Middle School - 02 Madison | 270 | 23.3% | 49.5% |
| De Smet Middle School - 03 De Smet | 91 | 25.3% | 49.1% |
| Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 Britton | 97 | 21.6% | 38.0% |
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 Beresford Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #55 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #53 of 64 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #48 of 65 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #51 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #45 of 65 |
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
153
-11 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 225
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 153 | 10.2 | 15.0:1 | 22% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 12.1 | 13.3:1 | 17% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 11.5 | 15.2:1 | 16% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 164 | 11 | 14.9:1 | 10% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 8.6 | 19.9:1 | 21% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 156 | 9 | 17.3:1 | 22% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 140 | 9 | 15.6:1 | 20% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 111 | 7 | 15.9:1 | 27% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 225 | 9 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beresford Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (172 to 153); teachers up 18% (8.6 to 10.2).
About Beresford Middle School - 03
Beresford Middle School - 03 is a small middle-grades school with its address in Beresford, South Dakota. The latest federal count shows 153 students in grades 6 through 8.
Beresford Middle School - 03 is one school in a 3-school district, Beresford School District 61-2, which enrolls 648 students.
Beresford Middle School - 03's enrollment is 90% White. The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic. County-wide, about 90% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 19% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.0:1, with 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Beresford Middle School - 03 is 22%.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Beresford Middle School - 03 receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In South Dakota, Beresford Middle School - 03 is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.9% compared with a predicted 53.9%.
Federal survey data for Union County show that the median household income is $89,636, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Union County is home to 14 public schools and about 3,037 public school students.
Beresford High School - 01 is the public school closest to Beresford Middle School - 03, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On average proficiency, Beresford Middle School - 03 is 5th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Beresford Middle School - 03 is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 11 students since 2020-21, to 153.
Community posts for Beresford Middle School - 03 can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 Beresford School District 61-2
- Beresford Elementary - 02Elementary · 273 students
- Beresford High School - 01High · 222 students
Other schools in Beresford
- Beresford Elementary - 02Elementary · 273 students
- Beresford High School - 01High · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Beresford High School - 010.1 mi · 222
- Beresford Elementary - 020.2 mi · 273
- Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 038.5 mi · 53
- Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 058.5 mi · 33
- Alcester-Hudson Elementary - 048.5 mi · 166
- Alcester-Hudson High School - 018.5 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About Beresford Middle School - 03How large is Beresford Middle School - 03?
Beresford Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 153 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Beresford Middle School - 03 serve?
Beresford Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Beresford Middle School - 03?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Beresford Middle School - 03.
How diverse is Beresford Middle School - 03?
Beresford Middle School - 03 reports a student body of 90% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Beresford Middle School - 03 public or private?
Beresford Middle School - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Beresford School District 61-2.
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