Groton Area Middle School - 04

Groton Area Middle School - 04 is one of the cozy intermediate schools in Groton, South Dakota, one of the schools within Groton Area School District 06-6, with 132 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% below the state mean of about 187.

Groton Area Middle School - 04 is one of 3 schools operated by Groton Area School District 06-6, a district that enrolls 578 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Groton Area Middle School - 04 records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Brown County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Groton Area Middle School - 04 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Brown County put the typical household earns roughly $70,898 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Groton Area Middle School - 04 is one of 22 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students).

Nearest neighbor: Groton Area High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Groton Area Middle School - 04 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 127 students in 2018 compared to 132 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 98% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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