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Enrollment
633
Middle
DISTRICT 702 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-1·NCES 461941000176
Douglas Middle School - 01
691 Tower Rd, Box Elder, SD 57719 · (605) 923-0050 · Pennington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
239 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 247 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 30% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Douglas Middle School - 01→Douglas High School - 03
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Douglas School District 51-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.2pp since 2022
Math
28.6%
SD avg 47.5% . +0.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 31.5% |
| 2022-23 | 43.2% | 28.0% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Douglas Middle School - 01
Douglas Middle School - 01's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Middle School - 01 this school | 633 | 37.8% | 36.1% |
| East Middle School - 30 Rapid City | 613 | 41.4% | 37.5% |
| Yankton Middle School - 02 Yankton | 608 | 39.8% | 49.4% |
| Mitchell Middle School - 02 Mitchell | 578 | 40.0% | 52.9% |
| Watertown Intermediate School - 13 Watertown | 532 | 38.5% | 51.1% |
| West Middle School - 37 Rapid City | 591 | 27.2% | 44.2% |
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 Douglas Middle School - 01 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #54 of 64 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #55 of 64 ▼ 4 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #51 of 65 ▼ 2 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #12 of 165 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #16 of 42 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #13 of 42 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #23 of 65 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #8 of 26 | #2 of 6 |
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
633
-29 (-4%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 633 | 44.7 | 14.2:1 | 38% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 41.3 | 15.1:1 | 31% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 41.1 | 16.3:1 | 29% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 39 | 17.0:1 | 24% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 41.6 | 17.1:1 | 37% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 44% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 33% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 33% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Middle School - 01.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (709 to 633); teachers up 7% (41.6 to 44.7).
About Douglas Middle School - 01
Douglas Middle School - 01 is a large middle-grades school with an address in Box Elder, South Dakota. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 633 students. The school is 239% larger than the average for middle schools in South Dakota.
Douglas School District 51-1, which runs Douglas Middle School - 01, has 4 schools and 2,808 students.
Federal enrollment data show Douglas Middle School - 01 is 65% White. The remaining shares are 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 7% Native American. Pennington County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 44.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Douglas Middle School - 01 has a ratio of 14.2:1. The gap from the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota is 0.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Douglas Middle School - 01 lands at C-, ahead of 19% of South Dakota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Douglas Middle School - 01 is 11.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
For Pennington County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $74,517, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 41 public schools and about 16,186 students.
Of the public schools around it, Douglas Middle School - 01 is closest to Patriot Elementary -06, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Douglas Middle School - 01 places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.2:1.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Douglas Middle School - 01. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pennington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,512
Census ACS
Median income
$74,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,186 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas School District 51-1
- Patriot Elementary -06Elementary · 982 students
- Douglas High School - 03High · 739 students
- Vandenberg Elementary - 02Elementary · 454 students
- Douglas Preschool - 08Elementary
Other schools in Box Elder
- Patriot Elementary -06Elementary · 982 students
- Douglas High School - 03High · 739 students
- Vandenberg Elementary - 02Elementary · 454 students
- Douglas Preschool - 08Elementary
Other Douglas Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Douglas Middle. Douglas Middle School - 01 is the largest of the 4.
- Douglas Middle SchoolDouglas, AL · 512 students
- Douglas Middle SchoolDouglas, WY · 389 students
- Douglas Middle SchoolDouglas, MA · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Patriot Elementary -060.2 mi · 982
- Douglas High School - 030.3 mi · 739
- Vandenberg Elementary - 020.4 mi · 454
- East Middle School - 305.7 mi · 613
- Valley View Elementary - 135.7 mi · 605
- Rapid Valley Elementary - 126.8 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas Middle School - 01How many students attend Douglas Middle School - 01?
Douglas Middle School - 01 enrolls approximately 633 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Douglas Middle School - 01 serve?
Douglas Middle School - 01 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglas Middle School - 01?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglas Middle School - 01 is approximately 14.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Douglas Middle School - 01?
Student demographics at Douglas Middle School - 01 are roughly 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Douglas Middle School - 01 in?
Douglas Middle School - 01 is part of Douglas School District 51-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.