Centerville Middle School - 03
School pathway
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 down about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Centerville Middle School - 03
Centerville Middle School - 03 is a junior high of micro-enrollment scale in Centerville, South Dakota, operated by Centerville School District 60-1, educateing 61 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 187.
Centerville School District 60-1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 263 students; Centerville Middle School - 03 is among them.
On the student-mix side, Centerville Middle School - 03 reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Compared to Turner County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Centerville Middle School - 03 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.2%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Turner County indicate median household income runs about $75,771, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Turner County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,459 students), Centerville Middle School - 03 is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Centerville Elementary - 02, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Centerville Middle School - 03 comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.
Centerville Middle School - 03 operates from a rural location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 60 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the Centerville Middle School - 03 community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Turner County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- Centerville Elementary - 02Elementary · 108 students
- Centerville High School - 01High · 94 students
- Centerville Elementary - 02Elementary · 108 students
- Centerville High School - 01High · 94 students
- Centerville Elementary - 020.0 mi · 108
- Centerville High School - 010.0 mi · 94
- Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 027.3 mi · 153
- Viborg-Hurley High School - 017.3 mi · 124
- Beresford Elementary - 029.6 mi · 273
- Beresford High School - 019.6 mi · 222