Enrollment
52
Middle
DISTRICT 122 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUPREE SCHOOL DISTRICT 64-2·NCES 461945000896
Dupree Jr. High - 04
127 B St, Dupree, SD 57623 · (605) 365-5140 · Ziebach County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL52 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of South Dakota public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.3:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
52 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 7 | 23 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 56% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Dupree Jr. High - 04→Dupree High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dupree School District 64-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
14.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -4.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The South Dakota average is about 50 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.9% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 19.2% | 10.6% |
% 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
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Dupree Jr. High - 04
Dupree Jr. High - 04's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dupree Jr. High - 04 this school | 52 | 100.0% | 16.1% |
| McLaughlin Middle School - 03 McLaughlin | 85 | 100.0% | 11.2% |
| White River Middle School - 04 White River | 93 | 96.8% | 17.7% |
| Bennett County Middle School - 06 Martin | 100 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Andes Central Middle School - 04 Lake Andes | 51 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| Wagner Middle School - 03 Wagner | 283 | 100.0% | 32.9% |
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 Dupree Jr. High - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 52 | #113 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
-30 (-37%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 42
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 4.6 | 11.3:1 | 100% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 58 | 4.6 | 12.7:1 | 100% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 50 | 4.5 | 11.2:1 | 100% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 82 | 6 | 13.7:1 | 100% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 60 | 5.1 | 11.9:1 | 100% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 4 | 16.5:1 | 100% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 43 | 4 | 10.8:1 | 93% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 42 | 3 | 14.0:1 | 93% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 42 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dupree Jr. High - 04.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (60 to 52); teachers down 9% (5.1 to 4.6).
About Dupree Jr. High - 04
As a very small middle school, Dupree Jr. High - 04 serves students in Dupree, South Dakota. It reported 52 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 187 students for middle schools in South Dakota.
Dupree Jr. High - 04 is run by Dupree School District 64-2, whose 3 schools enroll 366 students.
At Dupree Jr. High - 04, 90% of students are Native American. Other students are 4% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Teacher count: 4.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.3:1. Compared with the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. The figure for public schools in Ziebach County is close, at 100%.
Among South Dakota public middle schools, Dupree Jr. High - 04 outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Dupree Jr. High - 04 posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.1%, compared with a predicted 22.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Ziebach County, median household income comes to about $53,958, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 32%. Ziebach County counts 5 public schools with about 800 students.
Measured in a straight line, Dupree High School - 01 is less than a tenth of a mile from Dupree Jr. High - 04. The five-mile area around Dupree Jr. High - 04 holds 2 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 37% over 4 years, reaching 52 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.7:1 to 11.3:1.
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Ziebach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,377
Census ACS
Median income
$53,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
32%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dupree School District 64-2
- Dupree Elementary - 02Elementary · 203 students
- Dupree High School - 01High · 111 students
Other schools in Dupree
- Dupree Elementary - 02Elementary · 203 students
- Dupree High School - 01High · 111 students
Nearby schools
- Dupree High School - 010.0 mi · 111
- Dupree Elementary - 020.0 mi · 203
- Cheyenne-Eagle Butte School18.0 mi · 829
- Eagle Butte Jr. High - 0618.0 mi · 5
- Eagle Butte High School - 0118.0 mi · 6
- Eagle Butte Primary - 0218.0 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About Dupree Jr. High - 04How many students attend Dupree Jr. High - 04?
Dupree Jr. High - 04 enrolls approximately 52 students in grades 07-08.
Is Dupree Jr. High - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dupree Jr. High - 04 is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Dupree Jr. High - 04 have?
Dupree Jr. High - 04 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Dupree Jr. High - 04?
Dupree Jr. High - 04 reports a student body of 4% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Dupree Jr. High - 04 public or private?
Dupree Jr. High - 04 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dupree School District 64-2.
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