Florence Middle School - 03

Set in Florence, South Dakota, Florence Middle School - 03 is a very small middle school, one of the schools within Florence School District 14-1. It caters to 71 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 187.

Within Florence School District 14-1, which oversees 3 schools and 352 students, Florence Middle School - 03 is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Florence Middle School - 03 shows that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Codington County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.4:1, putting Florence Middle School - 03 higher than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Florence Middle School - 03 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.8%; this one comes in at 25.5%, -24.2 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Codington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,727 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Florence Middle School - 03 is one of 18 public schools in Codington County (combined enrollment of about 4,561 students).

Florence Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Florence Middle School - 03 comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Florence Middle School - 03's enrollment has climbed 27% since 2018, when it stood at 56 (now 71). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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