Enrollment
97
Middle
DISTRICT 78 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRITTON-HECLA SCHOOL DISTRICT 45-4·NCES 460004101142
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03
759 5th St, Britton, SD 57430 · (605) 448-2234 · Marshall County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL97 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of South Dakota public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.9:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
21 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 25 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 34% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Britton-Hecla School District 45-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
SD avg 50.3% . -6.7pp since 2022
Math
29.5%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 30.4% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 this school | 97 | 21.6% | 38.0% |
| Baltic Middle School - 03 Baltic | 110 | 19.1% | 52.6% |
| Clear Lake Middle School - 04 Clear Lake | 104 | 26.0% | 55.6% |
| Groton Area Middle School - 04 Groton | 132 | 18.9% | 52.8% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
| Garretson Middle School - 03 Garretson | 105 | 19.0% | 46.5% |
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 Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 97 | #67 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
97
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 66
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 97 | 6.1 | 15.9:1 | 22% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 109 | 6.7 | 16.3:1 | 17% (18) |
| 2022-23 | 104 | 6.4 | 16.3:1 | 15% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 99 | 4 | 24.8:1 | 19% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 52 | 3.7 | 14.3:1 | 21% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 45 | 3 | 15.0:1 | 33% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 66 | 4 | 16.5:1 | 32% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 87% (52 to 97); teachers up 67% (3.7 to 6.1).
About Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Britton, South Dakota. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 97 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in South Dakota average about 187 students.
Federal data list 6 schools in Britton-Hecla School District 45-4, with 468 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03, with 93% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Marshall County overall, about 85% of residents are White. Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 has a diversity index of 14%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 employs 6.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. That ratio is over the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 22% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Marshall County average 31%.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 ranks in the bottom 10% of South Dakota schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 38.0%. Predicted: 54.1%. Difference: 16.2 points.
Marshall County has these Census figures: median household income is about $78,156, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 2% of residents are in poverty. Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 is among the 13 public schools in Marshall County.
Britton-Hecla High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 ranks 4th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.0% against a local average of 42.1%.
In the federal locale system, Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 99 students in 2020-21 and 97 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.9:1, from 24.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,344
Census ACS
Median income
$78,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
726 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Britton-Hecla School District 45-4
- Britton-Hecla Elementary - 02Elementary · 166 students
- Britton-Hecla High School - 01High · 127 students
- Westwood Rural Elementary - 05Elementary · 38 students
- Sunset Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 32 students
- Sunset Colony High School - 06High · 8 students
Other schools in Britton
- Britton-Hecla Elementary - 02Elementary · 166 students
- Britton-Hecla High School - 01High · 127 students
- Westwood Rural Elementary - 05Elementary · 38 students
- Sunset Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 32 students
- Sunset Colony High School - 06High · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Britton-Hecla High School - 010.0 mi · 127
- Britton-Hecla Elementary - 020.0 mi · 166
- Westwood Rural Elementary - 056.5 mi · 38
- Sunset Colony Elementary - 046.6 mi · 32
- Sunset Colony High School - 066.6 mi · 8
- Newport Colony Elementary - 0411.8 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03What is the total enrollment at Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03?
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 97 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 serve?
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03.
How diverse is Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03?
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 reports a student body of 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 public or private?
Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Britton-Hecla School District 45-4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.