Enrollment
52
Middle
DISTRICT 91 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORSICA-STICKNEY 21-3·NCES 468044501352
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03
120 S Napoleon Ave, Corsica, SD 57328 · (605) 946-5475 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL52 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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
10.6:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
15 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 12 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 46% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.6pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -14.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 15 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 58.1% |
| 2022-23 | 52.4% | 54.8% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 this school | 52 | 28.8% | 55.1% |
| Redfield Middle School - 02 Redfield | 91 | 28.6% | 33.6% |
| Miller Jr. High - 04 Miller | 74 | 28.4% | 52.8% |
| Wall Middle School - 06 Wall | 66 | 27.3% | 45.5% |
| Sully Buttes Middle School - 06 Onida | 66 | 28.8% | 57.7% |
| Gayville-Volin Middle School - 03 Gayville | 50 | 34.0% | 32.7% |
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 Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 52 | #114 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
52
+16 (+44%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 52 | 4.9 | 10.6:1 | 29% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 64 | 4.9 | 13.0:1 | 27% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 42 | 3.1 | 13.6:1 | 26% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 36 | 2 | 18.0:1 | 33% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 36 | 2.5 | 14.2:1 | 28% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 39 | 2 | 19.5:1 | 31% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (36 to 52); teachers up 94% (2.5 to 4.9).
About Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 is a very small middle-grades school in Corsica-Stickney 21-3, located in Corsica, South Dakota. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 52 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in South Dakota enroll about 187 students on average.
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 is run by Corsica-Stickney 21-3, whose 3 schools enroll 274 students.
At Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03, 88% of students are White. The school is also 6% Black. Census estimates put Douglas County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
The school's 4.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1. Income data for the school show 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Douglas County is 16%.
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of South Dakota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 is 3.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Douglas County show that median household income comes to about $86,442, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Douglas County counts 6 public schools with about 353 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Corsica-Stickney High School - 01, is the closest to Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 4. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Enrollment records show 36 in 2020-21 and 52 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.0 to 10.6 over 4 years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,828
Census ACS
Median income
$86,442
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
353 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corsica-Stickney 21-3
- Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02Elementary · 150 students
- Corsica-Stickney High School - 01High · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Corsica-Stickney High School - 010.0 mi · 72
- Armour Elementary - 027.6 mi · 119
- Armour Middle School - 037.6 mi · 50
- Armour High School - 017.6 mi · 57
- Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 0211.6 mi · 150
- Lakeview Colony Elementary - 0514.4 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03How many students attend Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03?
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 52 students in grades 06-08.
Is Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 have?
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03?
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 reports a student body of 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 public or private?
Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Corsica-Stickney 21-3.
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