Ethan Jr. High - 03

Ethan Jr. High - 03 is an one-room-style intermediate school in Ethan, South Dakota, one of the schools within Ethan School District 17-1. The school instructs 39 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 187 students.

Ethan School District 17-1 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 287 students. Ethan Jr. High - 03 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Ethan Jr. High - 03 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Davison County (around 38%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ethan Jr. High - 03 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.1%.

Across the wider county, Davison County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,208 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ethan Jr. High - 03 is one of 13 public schools in Davison County (combined enrollment of about 3,137 students).

Ethan High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ethan Jr. High - 03 has stayed largely flat, going from 40 students in 2018 to 39 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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