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What's one thing East Middle School - 30 gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4·NCES 465982000528
East Middle School - 30
4860 Homestead St, Rapid City, SD 57703 · (605) 394-4092 · Pennington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of South Dakota public middle schools
- CTest 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
15.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
254 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 209 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 29% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
SD avg 50.3% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
37.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 37.2% |
| 2022-23 | 39.8% | 35.7% |
% 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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 East Middle School - 30
East Middle School - 30's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Middle School - 30 this school | 613 | 41.4% | 37.5% |
| Douglas Middle School - 01 Box Elder | 633 | 37.8% | 36.1% |
| 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% |
| Watertown Middle School - 02 Watertown | 575 | 35.0% | 52.6% |
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 East Middle School - 30 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #53 of 64 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #50 of 64 ▼ 4 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #59 of 65 ▼ 4 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #15 of 165 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #31 of 42 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #11 of 42 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #19 of 65 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #13 of 26 | #4 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
613
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 960
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 613 | 38.9 | 15.8:1 | 41% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 41.5 | 14.4:1 | 37% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 33% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 41% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 52% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 56 | 12.9:1 | 44% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 855 | 63 | 13.6:1 | 34% (292) |
| 1990-91 | 960 | 47 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Middle School - 30.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (674 to 613); teachers down 12% (44 to 38.9).
About East Middle School - 30
East Middle School - 30 sits in Rapid City, South Dakota, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school counted 613 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 228% bigger than the 187-student average for middle schools in South Dakota.
The 26 schools in Rapid City Area School District 51-4 enroll 12,610 students altogether, East Middle School - 30 among them.
The share of White students at East Middle School - 30 is 63%, a majority. After that, the student body is 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 9% Native American. Census figures show Pennington County is about 79% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 38.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.8:1. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 13.4:1. Roughly 41% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Pennington County average a similar 41%.
East Middle School - 30 holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of South Dakota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, East Middle School - 30 is 8.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
Pennington County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,517 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Pennington County number 41, with about 16,186 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates East Middle School - 30 from the closest public school, Valley View Elementary - 13. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts East Middle School - 30 at 2nd of 7.
East Middle School - 30 falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% decline, from 651 to 613.
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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 Rapid City Area School District 51-4
- Central High School - 41High · 1,998 students
- Stevens High School - 42High · 1,771 students
- South Middle School - 36Middle · 618 students
- Southwest Middle School - 38Middle · 614 students
- Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · 605 students
- West Middle School - 37Middle · 591 students
Other schools in Rapid City
- Central High School - 41High · 1,998 students
- Stevens High School - 42High · 1,771 students
- South Middle School - 36Middle · 618 students
- Southwest Middle School - 38Middle · 614 students
- Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · 605 students
- West Middle School - 37Middle · 591 students
Other East Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named East Middle. East Middle School - 30 is the 10th largest of the 18.
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 1,108 students
- East Middle SchoolSioux City, IA · 1,076 students
- East Middle SchoolBraintree, MA · 999 students
- East Middle SchoolTRAVERSE CITY, MI · 829 students
- East Middle SchoolGreat Falls, MT · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Valley View Elementary - 130.0 mi · 605
- Rapid Valley Elementary - 121.3 mi · 486
- Wellfully - 653.3 mi · 7
- Robbinsdale Elementary - 143.6 mi · 328
- Knollwood Heights Elementary - 083.7 mi · 368
- General Beadle Elementary - 013.8 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About East Middle School - 30How large is East Middle School - 30?
East Middle School - 30 enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does East Middle School - 30 serve?
East Middle School - 30 serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does East Middle School - 30 have?
East Middle School - 30 employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at East Middle School - 30?
Student demographics at East Middle School - 30 are roughly 63% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is East Middle School - 30 in?
East Middle School - 30 is part of Rapid City Area School District 51-4.
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