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
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of South Dakota public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 10 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 62% |
Student demographics
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
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.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.2% | 37.5% |
% 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
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 →
Where Eureka Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 26 | #148 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
26
+11 (+73%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 47
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 26 | 2.7 | 9.7:1 | 31% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 27 | 3.1 | 8.7:1 | 37% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 24 | 3.2 | 7.4:1 | 33% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 15 | 2 | 7.5:1 | 33% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 34 | 4.7 | 7.3:1 | 44% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 28 | 3 | 9.3:1 | 39% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 20 | 2 | 10.0:1 | 30% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 51 | 2 | 25.5:1 | 37% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 47 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eureka Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (34 to 26); teachers down 43% (4.7 to 2.7).
About Eureka Jr. High - 03
Eureka Jr. High - 03 is a very small middle school in South Dakota, located in Eureka. Its enrollment is 26 students, spread over grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 187 students for middle schools in South Dakota.
Across its 3 schools, Eureka School District 44-1 enrolls 163 students. Eureka Jr. High - 03 is one of those schools.
The share of students at Eureka Jr. High - 03 who are White is 92%. The remaining students are 8% multiracial.
A staff of 2.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.7:1. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 13.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 31%. Among public schools in McPherson County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Eureka Jr. High - 03 holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 65% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Eureka Jr. High - 03 sits between the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.7% and a predicted 50.4%.
For the population of McPherson County, the median household earns about $66,906 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Eureka Jr. High - 03 shares McPherson County with 9 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Eureka Elementary - 02, is less than a tenth of a mile. There are 2 other public schools within five miles.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Eureka Jr. High - 03 reported 15 students in 2020-21 and 26 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 7.5:1 to 9.7:1.
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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 Elementary - 020.0 mi · 94
- Eureka High School - 010.0 mi · 43
- Boulder Colony School - 0613.6 mi · 12
- ZEELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.1 mi · 13
- ZEELAND HIGH SCHOOL17.1 mi · 14
- ASHLEY HIGH SCHOOL21.7 mi · 47
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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