Clear Lake Middle School - 04

Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is one of the intimate middle schools in Clear Lake, South Dakota, part of Deuel School District 19-4, with 104 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Within Deuel School District 19-4, which oversees 3 schools and 550 students, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Deuel County put the typical household earns roughly $83,112 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Deuel County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 775 students), of which Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is one.

Clear Lake Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 109 students in 2018 compared to 104 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 96% to 92%.

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