Enrollment
108
Middle
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BON HOMME SCHOOL DISTRICT 04-2·NCES 460740000987
Bon Homme Middle School - 02
1404 Fir St, Tyndall, SD 57066 · (605) 589-3387 · Bon Homme County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL108 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of South Dakota public middle schools
- BTest 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.
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
14.0:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
31 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 34 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 34% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Bon Homme Middle School - 02→Bon Homme High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
48.1%
SD avg 47.5% . -11.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 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 have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 59.8% |
% 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Bon Homme Middle School - 02
Bon Homme Middle School - 02's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Homme Middle School - 02 this school | 108 | 28.7% | 47.6% |
| Kimball Middle School - 04 Kimball | 92 | 28.3% | 49.4% |
| Webster Area Middle School - 02 Webster | 108 | 25.9% | 53.1% |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 Custer | 101 | 27.7% | 60.7% |
| Florence Middle School - 03 Florence | 71 | 32.4% | 25.5% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 Emery | 85 | 25.9% | 50.9% |
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 Bon Homme Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #33 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #28 of 64 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #44 of 65 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 108 | #59 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #33 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
108
+2 (+2%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 59
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 108 | 7.7 | 14.0:1 | 29% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 105 | 8.6 | 12.3:1 | 25% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 110 | 8.8 | 12.5:1 | 24% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 106 | 7 | 15.1:1 | 25% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 98 | 8.4 | 11.7:1 | 29% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 84 | 8 | 10.5:1 | 33% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 118 | 9 | 13.1:1 | 37% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 78 | 5 | 15.6:1 | 37% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 59 | 1 | 59.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bon Homme Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (98 to 108); teachers down 8% (8.4 to 7.7).
About Bon Homme Middle School - 02
A low-enrollment middle-grades school in Tyndall, South Dakota, Bon Homme Middle School - 02 is part of Bon Homme School District 04-2. The latest federal count shows 108 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 187-student average for middle schools in South Dakota, enrollment here is 42% lower.
Bon Homme School District 04-2 (7 schools, 582 students) runs Bon Homme Middle School - 02.
Bon Homme Middle School - 02 enrolls a student body that is 94% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial. Bon Homme Middle School - 02 has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Bon Homme Middle School - 02, 7.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.0:1. Middle schools in South Dakota have a similar average ratio of 13.4:1. Roughly 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Bon Homme Middle School - 02 is B-. Compared with South Dakota public middle schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Bon Homme Middle School - 02 is 51.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bon Homme County show that median household income is about $64,435, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bon Homme Middle School - 02 is one of 15 public schools in Bon Homme County, which together enroll about 1,071 students.
The nearest public school is Bon Homme High School - 01, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Bon Homme Middle School - 02 is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment went from 106 in 2020-21 to 108 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students. The ratio was 15.1:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Bon Homme County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,044
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
1,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bon Homme School District 04-2
- Tyndall Elementary - 04Elementary · 188 students
- Bon Homme High School - 01High · 136 students
- Springfield Elementary - 03Elementary · 57 students
- Dawson Colony School - 20Elementary · 34 students
- Hutterische Colony Elementary - 18Elementary · 30 students
- Bon Homme PK - 08Elementary · 29 students
Other schools in Tyndall
- Tyndall Elementary - 04Elementary · 188 students
- Bon Homme High School - 01High · 136 students
- Bon Homme PK - 08Elementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Bon Homme High School - 010.0 mi · 136
- Tyndall Elementary - 040.0 mi · 188
- Bon Homme PK - 080.0 mi · 29
- Dawson Colony School - 206.4 mi · 34
- Springfield Elementary - 039.2 mi · 57
- Avon Elementary - 029.5 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About Bon Homme Middle School - 02How many students attend Bon Homme Middle School - 02?
Bon Homme Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 108 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bon Homme Middle School - 02 serve?
Bon Homme Middle School - 02 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bon Homme Middle School - 02?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Bon Homme Middle School - 02.
What is the student diversity at Bon Homme Middle School - 02?
Student demographics at Bon Homme Middle School - 02 are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is Bon Homme Middle School - 02 public or private?
Bon Homme Middle School - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bon Homme School District 04-2.
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