Enrollment
26
Middle
DISTRICT 54 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUREKA SCHOOL DISTRICT 44-1·NCES 462256000958
Eureka Jr. High - 03
805 10th St, Eureka, SD 57437 · (605) 284-2875 · McPherson County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL26 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
8 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Eureka Jr. High - 03→Eureka High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Eureka School District 44-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
SD avg 50.3% . -2.2pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +2.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 3 points.
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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
26
-8 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 7.3:1
% White
92%
was 94%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Eureka Jr. High - 03
Eureka Jr. High - 03 is one of the micro-enrollment middle schools in Eureka, South Dakota, operated by Eureka School District 44-1, with 26 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 187 students each, so Eureka Jr. High - 03 sits 86% below that benchmark.
Eureka School District 44-1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 163 students; Eureka Jr. High - 03 is among them.
On the student-mix side, Eureka Jr. High - 03 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 8% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Eureka Jr. High - 03 records 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.4:1, putting Eureka Jr. High - 03 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against McPherson County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, Eureka Jr. High - 03 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.7%.
Zooming out to the county, McPherson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,906 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McPherson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 345 students), of which Eureka Jr. High - 03 is one.
Eureka High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.
Eureka Jr. High - 03 operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 34 students in 2018 compared to 26 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 7.3:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.
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McPherson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,145
Census ACS
Median income
$66,906
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eureka School District 44-1
- Eureka Elementary - 02Elementary · 94 students
- Eureka High School - 01High · 43 students
Other schools in Eureka
- Eureka Elementary - 02Elementary · 94 students
- Eureka High School - 01High · 43 students
Nearby schools
- Eureka High School - 010.0 mi · 43
- Eureka Elementary - 020.0 mi · 94
- Boulder Colony School - 0613.6 mi · 12
- ZEELAND HIGH SCHOOL17.1 mi · 14
- ZEELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.1 mi · 13
- ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL21.7 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About Eureka Jr. High - 03How large is Eureka Jr. High - 03?
Eureka Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 26 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Eureka Jr. High - 03 serve?
Eureka Jr. High - 03 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eureka Jr. High - 03?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eureka Jr. High - 03 is approximately 9.7:1 (3 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Eureka Jr. High - 03?
Eureka Jr. High - 03 reports a student body of 92% White, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Eureka Jr. High - 03?
Eureka Jr. High - 03 is overseen by Eureka School District 44-1 in McPherson County.
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