Gregory Junior High - 04

Gregory Junior High - 04 is an intermediate school of tight-knit scale in Gregory, South Dakota, operated by Gregory School District 26-4, caters to 88 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

Gregory School District 26-4 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 442 students. Gregory Junior High - 04 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Gregory Junior High - 04 logs that White students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 16% Native American.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 52% of students at Gregory Junior High - 04 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Gregory County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Gregory Junior High - 04 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.6%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of -0.0 points.

Across the wider county, Gregory County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,917 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Gregory County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 755 students), Gregory Junior High - 04 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gregory Elementary - 02, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Gregory Junior High - 04. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gregory Junior High - 04 at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gregory Junior High - 04 has increased 10%, going from 80 students in 2018 to 88 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 74% to 80% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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