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.

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