Enrollment
72
Middle
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK SCHOOL DISTRICT 12-2·NCES 461294000890
Clark Middle School - 03
220 N Clinton St, Clark, SD 57225 · (605) 532-3604 · Clark County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of South Dakota public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
9.9:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
18 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 26 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 36% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Clark Middle School - 03→Clark High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clark School District 12-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
SD avg 50.3% . -1.2pp since 2022
Math
35.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +7.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 41.3% | 28.8% |
| 2022-23 | 38.3% | 28.4% |
% 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
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 Clark Middle School - 03
Clark Middle School - 03's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Middle School - 03 this school | 72 | 25.0% | 30.5% |
| De Smet Middle School - 03 De Smet | 91 | 25.3% | 49.1% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 Emery | 85 | 25.9% | 50.9% |
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 Wolsey | 75 | 32.0% | 32.3% |
| New Underwood Middle School - 04 New Underwood | 75 | 18.7% | 41.0% |
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 Clark Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #87 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
72
-41 (-36%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 78
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 72 | 7.3 | 9.9:1 | 25% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 87 | 6.5 | 13.3:1 | 14% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 87 | 6.3 | 13.8:1 | 24% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 8 | 14.1:1 | 34% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 78 | 3.1 | 25.3:1 | 28% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 72 | 5 | 14.4:1 | 36% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 89 | 6 | 14.8:1 | 45% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 77 | 4 | 19.3:1 | 38% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 78 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (78 to 72); teachers up 136% (3.1 to 7.3).
About Clark Middle School - 03
Clark Middle School - 03 is a small middle school with its address in Clark, South Dakota. The latest federal count shows 72 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187 students, so this school is 61% smaller than average.
Clark Middle School - 03 is one school in a 6-school district, Clark School District 12-2, which enrolls 497 students.
About 85% of the student body at Clark Middle School - 03 is White. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Clark Middle School - 03, 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.9:1. That is lower than the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Roughly 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 36% average for public schools in Clark County is 11 points higher.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Clark Middle School - 03 receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Clark Middle School - 03 is 22.3 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in South Dakota.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clark County, the median household income is $70,726, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Clark Middle School - 03 is one of 11 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Clark High School - 01 is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Clark Middle School - 03. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Clark Middle School - 03 is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Clark Middle School - 03 the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 72, a 36% decrease from 113 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 14.1:1 to 9.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Clark Middle School - 03. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,917
Census ACS
Median income
$70,726
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clark School District 12-2
- Clark Elementary - 02Elementary · 212 students
- Clark High School - 01High · 124 students
- Fordham Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 42 students
- Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 31 students
- Silver Lake Colony - 07Elementary · 16 students
Other schools in Clark
- Clark Elementary - 02Elementary · 212 students
- Clark High School - 01High · 124 students
- Silver Lake Colony - 07Elementary · 16 students
Other Clark Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Clark Middle. Clark Middle School - 03 is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Clark Middle SchoolFRISCO, TX · 824 students
- Clark Middle SchoolAnchorage, AK · 713 students
- Clark MiddleSan Diego, CA · 696 students
- Clark Middle SchoolLAREDO, TX · 543 students
- Clark Middle SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 479 students
Nearby schools
- Clark High School - 010.0 mi · 124
- Clark Elementary - 020.2 mi · 212
- Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 055.7 mi · 31
- Silver Lake Colony - 076.6 mi · 16
- Fordham Colony Elementary - 0411.2 mi · 42
- Clark Colony Elementary - 0513.2 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Middle School - 03How large is Clark Middle School - 03?
Clark Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 72 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Clark Middle School - 03 serve?
Clark Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Clark Middle School - 03 have?
Clark Middle School - 03 employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clark Middle School - 03?
At Clark Middle School - 03, the student body is approximately 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Clark Middle School - 03 in?
Clark Middle School - 03 is part of Clark School District 12-2.
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