Enrollment
65
Middle
DISTRICT 86 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 05-3·NCES 462139000901
Elkton Jr. High - 03
508 Buffalo St, Elkton, SD 57026 · (605) 542-2541 · Brookings County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL65 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of South Dakota public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
13.8:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
22 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 30 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 54% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Elkton Jr. High - 03→Elkton High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Elkton School District 05-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -13.7pp since 2022
Math
17.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -17.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 18 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 17.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.1% | 35.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Elkton Jr. High - 03
Elkton Jr. High - 03's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkton Jr. High - 03 this school | 65 | 33.8% | 26.3% |
| Parker Jr. High - 03 Parker | 74 | 31.1% | 36.1% |
| Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 Alcester | 53 | 37.7% | 35.4% |
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 Wolsey | 75 | 32.0% | 32.3% |
| Lemmon Jr. High - 06 Lemmon | 53 | 35.8% | 47.7% |
| Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 Hurley | 114 | 34.2% | 42.9% |
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 Elkton Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 65 | #97 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
65
-5 (-7%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 55
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 65 | 4.7 | 13.8:1 | 34% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 5.2 | 15.7:1 | 38% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 5.2 | 14.0:1 | 36% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 70 | 4 | 17.5:1 | 27% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 66 | 4 | 16.3:1 | 32% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 53 | 3 | 17.7:1 | 43% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 55 | 3 | 18.3:1 | 33% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 57 | 3 | 19.0:1 | 67% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 55 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkton Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (66 to 65); teachers up 16% (4 to 4.7).
About Elkton Jr. High - 03
Elkton Jr. High - 03 is a small middle school serving families in Elkton, South Dakota. A total of 65 students attend the school, which covers grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187 students, so this school is 65% smaller than average.
Elkton Jr. High - 03 sits within Elkton School District 05-3, which has 5 schools and 429 students.
The student body at Elkton Jr. High - 03 is 85% White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 88% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 4.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Elkton Jr. High - 03 in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1. The lunch program counts 34% of students at Elkton Jr. High - 03 as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Brookings County, the average is 20%.
allk12 grades Elkton Jr. High - 03 an F. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Elkton Jr. High - 03 is among the bottom 10% of schools in South Dakota. Predicted: 49.1%. Actual: 26.3%.
Brookings County has these Census figures: the median household income is $70,064, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Brookings County is home to 21 public schools and about 4,921 public school students.
Elkton Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Elkton Jr. High - 03 holds 3 other public schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment at Elkton Jr. High - 03 declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 70 to 65 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.5:1 to 13.8:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Elkton Jr. High - 03. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Brookings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,353
Census ACS
Median income
$70,064
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkton School District 05-3
- Elkton Elementary - 02Elementary · 186 students
- Elkton High School - 01High · 140 students
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 29 students
- Rolland Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 9 students
Other schools in Elkton
- Elkton Elementary - 02Elementary · 186 students
- Elkton High School - 01High · 140 students
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Elkton Elementary - 020.0 mi · 186
- Elkton High School - 010.0 mi · 140
- Newdale Colony Elementary - 044.6 mi · 29
- Rolland Colony Elementary - 059.3 mi · 9
- LAKE BENTON ELEMENTARY10.0 mi · 100
- LAKE BENTON SECONDARY10.0 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Elkton Jr. High - 03What is the total enrollment at Elkton Jr. High - 03?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 65 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Elkton Jr. High - 03 serve?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Elkton Jr. High - 03 have?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Elkton Jr. High - 03?
Student demographics at Elkton Jr. High - 03 are roughly 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is Elkton Jr. High - 03 in?
Elkton Jr. High - 03 is part of Elkton School District 05-3.
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