Enrollment
68
Middle
DISTRICT 103 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANISTOTA SCHOOL DISTRICT 43-1·NCES 461032001016
Canistota Middle School - 03
431 4th Ave, Canistota, SD 57012 · (605) 296-3458 · McCook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL68 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
17.2:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
18 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 28 | 41% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 29% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Canistota Middle School - 03→Canistota High School - 01
Feeds from
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -26.5pp since 2022
Math
44.1%
SD avg 47.5% . -5.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 27 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 44.1% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 39.1% |
| 2022-23 | 55.9% | 49.2% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Canistota Middle School - 03
Canistota Middle School - 03's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canistota Middle School - 03 this school | 68 | 26.5% | 40.6% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
| Avon Middle School - 05 Avon | 63 | 25.4% | 48.0% |
| Gettysburg Middle School - 03 Gettysburg | 54 | 24.1% | 63.7% |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 Custer | 101 | 27.7% | 60.7% |
| 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 Canistota Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 68 | #93 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
68
+16 (+31%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 69
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 68 | 4 | 17.2:1 | 26% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 67 | 4.7 | 14.4:1 | 37% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 4.5 | 13.3:1 | 27% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 52 | 3 | 17.3:1 | 17% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 47 | 3.6 | 13.1:1 | 32% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 38 | 3 | 12.7:1 | 29% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 46 | 2 | 23.0:1 | 26% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 85 | 5 | 17.0:1 | 29% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 69 | 4 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canistota Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (47 to 68); teachers up 10% (3.6 to 4).
About Canistota Middle School - 03
Canistota Middle School - 03 is one of the public schools in Canistota, South Dakota. It is a small middle school. The school had 68 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187, so this school runs 64% smaller than that.
Canistota School District 43-1 serves 308 students across 3 schools.
Canistota Middle School - 03 enrolls a student body that is 88% White. It is also 6% Native American and 4% Hispanic. Canistota Middle School - 03 has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Canistota Middle School - 03 is 4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1, lower than at this school. Around 26% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 23% average for public schools in McCook County.
allk12 grades Canistota Middle School - 03 a C. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Canistota Middle School - 03, the prediction is 52.2% and the result is 40.6%.
Within McCook County, median household income is about $83,852, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of McCook County number 12 and enroll about 1,172.
The next-closest public school is Canistota High School - 01, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Canistota Middle School - 03 ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.6% against a local average of 52.6%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 31%, from 52 to 68.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
McCook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,751
Census ACS
Median income
$83,852
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
1,172 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canistota School District 43-1
- Canistota Elementary - 02Elementary · 141 students
- Canistota High School - 01High · 99 students
Other schools in Canistota
- Canistota Elementary - 02Elementary · 141 students
- Canistota High School - 01High · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Canistota High School - 010.0 mi · 99
- Canistota Elementary - 020.0 mi · 141
- Montrose Middle School - 038.8 mi · 53
- Montrose Elementary - 028.8 mi · 108
- Montrose High School - 018.8 mi · 63
- Goldenview Colony School - 049.8 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About Canistota Middle School - 03What is the total enrollment at Canistota Middle School - 03?
Canistota Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 68 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Canistota Middle School - 03 serve?
Canistota Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canistota Middle School - 03?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canistota Middle School - 03 is approximately 17.2:1 (4 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Canistota Middle School - 03?
Canistota Middle School - 03 reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
What district is Canistota Middle School - 03 in?
Canistota Middle School - 03 is part of Canistota School District 43-1.
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