Enrollment
428
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-2·NCES 463135010809
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11
3001 E Bison Trail, Sioux Falls, SD 57108 · (605) 743-2567 · Lincoln County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of South Dakota public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
88 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 144 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11→Harrisburg High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
SD avg 50.3% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
45.2%
SD avg 47.5% . +0.3pp since 2023
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 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 44.9% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Harrisburg East Middle School - 11
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 this school | 428 | 20.6% | 50.1% |
| Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 Sioux Falls | 534 | 15.9% | 55.9% |
| George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02 Brookings | 780 | 21.5% | 41.1% |
| Brandon Valley Middle School - 02 Brandon | 759 | 18.3% | 63.8% |
| Brandon Valley Intermediate - 07 Brandon | 829 | 20.6% | 70.7% |
| Tea Area Middle School - 02 Tea | 583 | 21.8% | 51.9% |
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 Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #26 of 64 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #32 of 64 ▼ 2 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #28 of 65 ▼ 6 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #29 of 165 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #5 of 42 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #27 of 42 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.6% | #50 of 65 | #3 of 7 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 428 | 35.1 | 12.2:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 32.1 | 12.8:1 | 8% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrisburg East Middle School - 11.
About Harrisburg East Middle School - 11
Families in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, are served by Harrisburg East Middle School - 11, a large middle school. The school has 428 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in South Dakota have about 187 students on average; enrollment here is 129% higher.
Harrisburg School District 41-2 operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,222 students.
The student body at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 is 79% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Lincoln County, the White share is about 90%. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 is 12.2:1, based on 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in South Dakota, 13.4:1, is higher. Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 counts 21% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lincoln County average a similar 18%.
Among South Dakota public middle schools, Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 are 4.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.1% actual, 54.6% predicted).
Lincoln County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $99,166 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Lincoln County number 26, with about 10,530 students.
Horizon Elementary - 09 sits about 0.8 miles from Harrisburg East Middle School - 11. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
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Lincoln County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,638
Census ACS
Median income
$99,166
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
10,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrisburg School District 41-2
- Harrisburg High School - 01High · 1,806 students
- Liberty Elementary - 02Elementary · 559 students
- Harrisburg North Middle School - 08Middle · 534 students
- Harrisburg South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
- Horizon Elementary - 09Elementary · 458 students
- Freedom Elementary - 06Elementary · 442 students
Other schools in Sioux Falls
- Lincoln High School - 02High · 1,954 students
- Jefferson High School - 67High · 1,888 students
- Washington High School - 01High · 1,819 students
- Roosevelt High School - 03High · 1,785 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Middle · 1,133 students
- Edison Middle School - 06Middle · 937 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon Elementary - 090.8 mi · 458
- John Harris Elementary - 231.5 mi · 666
- Journey Elementary - 052.4 mi · 340
- Lincoln High School - 022.5 mi · 1,954
- Challenge Center - 512.7 mi · 165
- Robert Frost Elementary - 182.7 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Harrisburg East Middle School - 11How many students attend Harrisburg East Middle School - 11?
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 serve?
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11.
What is the student diversity at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11?
Student demographics at Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 are roughly 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 public or private?
Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrisburg School District 41-2.
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