Enrollment
88
Middle
DISTRICT 147 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREGORY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26-4·NCES 462988001296
Gregory Junior High - 04
505 Logan St, Gregory, SD 57533 · (605) 835-8771 · Gregory County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL88 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of South Dakota public middle schools
- C+Test 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
13.3:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
46 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 6 | 25 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 33% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Gregory Junior High - 04→Gregory High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Gregory School District 26-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
SD avg 50.3% . -6.2pp since 2022
Math
37.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -5.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.6% | 43.1% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Gregory Junior High - 04
Gregory Junior High - 04's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Junior High - 04 this school | 88 | 52.3% | 41.6% |
| Jones County Middle School - 04 Murdo | 57 | 57.9% | 60.4% |
| Wilmot Middle School - 03 Wilmot | 58 | 55.2% | 25.4% |
| Lyman Middle School - 02 Presho | 84 | 51.2% | 43.7% |
| Burke Middle School - 04 Burke | 62 | 41.9% | 45.1% |
| Scotland Middle School - 05 Scotland | 84 | 41.7% | 32.5% |
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 Gregory Junior High - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 88 | #73 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
88
-5 (-5%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 60
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 88 | 6.6 | 13.3:1 | 52% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 6.6 | 13.0:1 | 51% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 77 | 6.6 | 11.6:1 | 52% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 93 | 6 | 15.5:1 | 13% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 80 | 5.5 | 14.5:1 | 45% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 52 | 4 | 13.0:1 | 56% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 60 | 3 | 20.0:1 | 55% (33) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gregory Junior High - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (80 to 88); teachers up 20% (5.5 to 6.6).
About Gregory Junior High - 04
Gregory Junior High - 04 is a middle school with a street address in Gregory, South Dakota. The student body numbers 88 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in South Dakota) has about 187 students.
The 3 schools in Gregory School District 26-4 enroll 442 students altogether, Gregory Junior High - 04 among them.
Gregory Junior High - 04's enrollment is 80% White. Enrollment also includes 16% Native American. Gregory Junior High - 04 has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Gregory Junior High - 04, 6.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.3:1. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is about 13.4:1. Roughly 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 8 points above the 44% average for public schools in Gregory County.
The allk12 Grade for Gregory Junior High - 04 is B-. Compared with South Dakota public middle schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Gregory Junior High - 04, the prediction is 41.6% and the result is 41.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Gregory County, median household income is about $62,917, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Gregory Junior High - 04 is one of 8 public schools in Gregory County, which together enroll about 755 students.
Gregory Elementary - 02 is located less than a tenth of a mile from Gregory Junior High - 04. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The school's 41.6% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Gregory Junior High - 04 is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 93 in 2020-21 and 88 in 2024-25, a decrease of 5 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.5:1 to 13.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Gregory Junior High - 04. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Gregory County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,016
Census ACS
Median income
$62,917
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
755 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gregory School District 26-4
- Gregory Elementary - 02Elementary · 237 students
- Gregory High School - 01High · 117 students
Other schools in Gregory
- Gregory Elementary - 02Elementary · 237 students
- Gregory High School - 01High · 117 students
Nearby schools
- Gregory Elementary - 020.0 mi · 237
- Gregory High School - 010.0 mi · 117
- Burke High School - 017.5 mi · 94
- Burke Middle School - 047.5 mi · 62
- Burke Elementary - 027.6 mi · 105
- Colome High School - 0115.1 mi · 38
Frequently asked questions
About Gregory Junior High - 04How large is Gregory Junior High - 04?
Gregory Junior High - 04 enrolls approximately 88 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gregory Junior High - 04 serve?
Gregory Junior High - 04 serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Gregory Junior High - 04?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Gregory Junior High - 04.
What is the student diversity at Gregory Junior High - 04?
Student demographics at Gregory Junior High - 04 are roughly 80% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Gregory Junior High - 04?
Gregory Junior High - 04 is overseen by Gregory School District 26-4 in Gregory County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.