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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 this year?
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Enrollment
672
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PIERRE SCHOOL DISTRICT 32-2·NCES 465526000501
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02
309 E Capitol Ave, Pierre, SD 57501 · (605) 773-7330 · Hughes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of South Dakota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
17.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
195 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 6 | 224 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 224 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 33% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02→T F Riggs High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Pierre School District 32-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.9%
SD avg 50.3% . +5.5pp since 2022
Math
48.8%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 52.8% |
| 2022-23 | 52.4% | 47.4% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
Schools most like Georgia Morse Middle School - 02
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 this school | 672 | 29.0% | 53.6% |
| Stagebarn Middle School - 10 Summerset | 432 | 28.2% | 46.6% |
| West Middle School - 37 Rapid City | 591 | 27.2% | 44.2% |
| Watertown Middle School - 02 Watertown | 575 | 35.0% | 52.6% |
| Vermillion Middle School - 02 Vermillion | 343 | 30.0% | 52.5% |
| Holgate Middle School - 02 Aberdeen | 497 | 31.2% | 50.9% |
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 Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #14 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #26 of 64 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #27 of 65 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #11 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #39 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #14 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #32 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #10 of 12 |
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
672
-39 (-5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 672 | 38.7 | 17.4:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 39.6 | 17.2:1 | 21% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 41.2 | 16.6:1 | 26% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 25% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 38.6 | 16.4:1 | 26% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 27% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 621 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 23% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 34% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 38 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Georgia Morse Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (631 to 672); teachers unchanged (38.6 to 38.7).
About Georgia Morse Middle School - 02
Located in Pierre, South Dakota, Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 is a large middle school. It enrolled 672 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in South Dakota average about 187 students each.
Pierre School District 32-2 counts 5 schools and 2,749 students, including Georgia Morse Middle School - 02.
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02's enrollment is 69% White. Other groups include 15% Native American, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Hughes County residents are about 81% White. By the diversity index, Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 comes in at 49%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.4:1, with 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 29%.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 would be expected to post about 51.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.6%.
In the county around the school, Hughes County, median household income is about $81,395, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 is among the 7 public schools in Hughes County.
T F Riggs High School - 01 is the public school closest to Georgia Morse Middle School - 02, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 went from 711 students to 672.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hughes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,664
Census ACS
Median income
$81,395
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pierre School District 32-2
- T F Riggs High School - 01High · 855 students
- Buchanan Elementary - 03Elementary · 432 students
- Kennedy Elementary - 08Elementary · 413 students
- Jefferson Elementary - 06Elementary · 377 students
Other schools in Pierre
- T F Riggs High School - 01High · 855 students
- Buchanan Elementary - 03Elementary · 432 students
- Kennedy Elementary - 08Elementary · 413 students
- Jefferson Elementary - 06Elementary · 377 students
- Pierre Indian Learning CenterElementary · 156 students
Nearby schools
- T F Riggs High School - 010.5 mi · 855
- Jefferson Elementary - 060.9 mi · 377
- Buchanan Elementary - 031.4 mi · 432
- Stanley County High School - 011.5 mi · 142
- Stanley County Middle School - 021.5 mi · 106
- Stanley County Elementary - 081.5 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About Georgia Morse Middle School - 02How large is Georgia Morse Middle School - 02?
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 672 students in grades 06-08.
Is Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Georgia Morse Middle School - 02?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Georgia Morse Middle School - 02.
How diverse is Georgia Morse Middle School - 02?
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 reports a student body of 69% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Georgia Morse Middle School - 02?
Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 is overseen by Pierre School District 32-2 in Hughes County.
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