Harrisburg East Middle School - 11

Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 is one of the sprawling junior highs in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, run under Harrisburg School District 41-2, with 428 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 129% bigger than the state mean of about 187.

Across the 11 schools in Harrisburg School District 41-2 (6,222 students total), Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Lincoln County shows median household earnings sit near $99,166, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lincoln County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,530 students), Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 is one campus in the mix.

Horizon Elementary - 09 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harrisburg East Middle School - 11. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 60.6%.

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