Enrollment
104
Middle
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEUEL SCHOOL DISTRICT 19-4·NCES 460003601013
Clear Lake Middle School - 04
410 5th St W, Clear Lake, SD 57226 · (605) 874-2162 · Deuel County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL104 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of South Dakota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.4:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
27 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 | 40 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 33% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Clear Lake Middle School - 04→Deuel High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Deuel School District 19-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
SD avg 50.3% . -2.8pp since 2022
Math
54.4%
SD avg 47.5% . +8.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 up about 9 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 56.8% |
| 2022-23 | 47.5% | 45.9% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Clear Lake Middle School - 04
Clear Lake Middle School - 04's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake Middle School - 04 this school | 104 | 26.0% | 55.6% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 Custer | 101 | 27.7% | 60.7% |
| Webster Area Middle School - 02 Webster | 108 | 25.9% | 53.1% |
| Britton-Hecla Middle School - 03 Britton | 97 | 21.6% | 38.0% |
| 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 Clear Lake Middle School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #12 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #14 of 64 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #53 of 65 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 104 | #63 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #39 of 65 |
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
104
-34 (-25%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 87
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 104 | 6.3 | 16.4:1 | 26% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 99 | 6.9 | 14.3:1 | 19% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 6.9 | 18.0:1 | 14% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | 6 | 23.0:1 | 23% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 109 | 6.9 | 15.7:1 | 30% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 7 | 13.7:1 | 39% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 123 | 8 | 15.4:1 | 29% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 154 | 8 | 19.3:1 | 29% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 87 | 3 | 29.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clear Lake Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (109 to 104); teachers down 9% (6.9 to 6.3).
About Clear Lake Middle School - 04
Located in Clear Lake, South Dakota, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is a small middle-grades school. It enrolls 104 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. It has 44% fewer students than the average for middle schools in South Dakota (about 187).
Deuel School District 19-4 operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 550 students.
The share of White students at Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is 92%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic and 3% Native American. In Deuel County overall, the White share is about 95%. The diversity index for Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1, with 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 26% at Clear Lake Middle School - 04.
On the allk12 Grade, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 lands at A-, ahead of 79% of South Dakota public middle schools.
In South Dakota, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 55.6% actual against a predicted 52.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Deuel County show that median household income comes to about $83,112, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Deuel County counts 4 public schools with about 775 students.
Deuel High School - 01 is less than a tenth of a mile from Clear Lake Middle School - 04, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 ranks 1st in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Clear Lake Middle School - 04 enrolled 138 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 104. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.0:1 to 16.4:1.
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Deuel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,328
Census ACS
Median income
$83,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Deuel School District 19-4
- Clear Lake Elementary - 02Elementary · 270 students
- Deuel High School - 01High · 176 students
Other schools in Clear Lake
- Clear Lake Elementary - 02Elementary · 270 students
- Deuel High School - 01High · 176 students
Other Clear Lake Middle schools
One other US public school is named Clear Lake Middle. Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Clear Lake Middle SchoolClear Lake, IA · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Deuel High School - 010.0 mi · 176
- Clear Lake Elementary - 020.0 mi · 270
- Deubrook Elementary - 0312.9 mi · 225
- Claremont Colony Elementary - 0413.4 mi · 17
- Red Willow Colony School - 0915.7 mi · 26
- Estelline High School - 0116.1 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Clear Lake Middle School - 04What is the total enrollment at Clear Lake Middle School - 04?
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 104 students in grades 06-08.
Is Clear Lake Middle School - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Clear Lake Middle School - 04 have?
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Clear Lake Middle School - 04?
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic.
What district is Clear Lake Middle School - 04 in?
Clear Lake Middle School - 04 is part of Deuel School District 19-4.
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