Enrollment
85
Middle
DISTRICT 109 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEWATER-EMERY 30-3·NCES 462142000902
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04
130 N 6th St, Emery, SD 57332 · (605) 449-4271 · Hanson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL85 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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
13.5:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
22 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 32 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 28% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04→Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
SD avg 50.3% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.3% | 44.9% |
| 2022-23 | 61.8% | 38.2% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 this school | 85 | 25.9% | 50.9% |
| Parkston Middle School - 05 Parkston | 98 | 23.5% | 50.5% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 Custer | 101 | 27.7% | 60.7% |
| Webster Area Middle School - 02 Webster | 108 | 25.9% | 53.1% |
| De Smet Middle School - 03 De Smet | 91 | 25.3% | 49.1% |
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 Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 85 | #74 of 165 |
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
85
+6 (+8%) vs 2020
+150% since 1990-91, when it was 34
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 85 | 6.3 | 13.5:1 | 26% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 6.5 | 11.6:1 | 37% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 71 | 6.5 | 10.9:1 | 30% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 79 | 5 | 15.8:1 | 38% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 78 | 8.2 | 9.5:1 | 29% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 77 | 6 | 12.8:1 | 30% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 73 | 6 | 12.2:1 | 34% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 41 | 3 | 13.7:1 | 41% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 34 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (78 to 85); teachers down 23% (8.2 to 6.3).
About Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is a low-enrollment middle-grades school found in Emery, South Dakota. A total of 85 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187 students, so this school is 55% smaller than average.
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is one school in a 3-school district, Bridgewater-Emery 30-3, which enrolls 328 students.
The large majority of students at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04, 91%, are White. Next come 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04's 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.5:1. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is about 13.4:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 26%. Across public schools in Hanson County, the average is about the same, 24%.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 would score about 52.4%. It scores 50.9%, 1.6 points below that figure.
Among Hanson County residents, median household income is about $81,071, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 10 public schools in Hanson County, with a combined enrollment of about 602.
The nearest other public school, Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 6. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 ranks 4th of 5 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 had 79 students in 2020-21 and 85 in 2024-25, an 8% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.8:1 to 13.5:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hanson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,472
Census ACS
Median income
$81,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
602 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bridgewater-Emery 30-3
- Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02Elementary · 143 students
- Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01High · 100 students
Nearby schools
- Bridgewater-Emery High School - 010.0 mi · 100
- Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 026.7 mi · 143
- Oaklane Colony Elementary - 059.0 mi · 30
- Hanson Middle School - 029.2 mi · 71
- Hanson Elementary - 069.2 mi · 151
- Hanson High School - 019.2 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04What is the total enrollment at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04?
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 85 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is approximately 13.5:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04?
At Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 public or private?
Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bridgewater-Emery 30-3.
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