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Which teacher or staff member at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
534
Middle
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 41-2·NCES 463135001334
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08
2201 W 95th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57108 · (605) 743-2567 · Lincoln County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of South Dakota public middle schools
- A-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
12.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
85 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 185 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 181 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 31% |
Student demographics
38%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 North Middle School - 08→Harrisburg High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Harrisburg School District 41-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.1pp since 2022
Math
57.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +10.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.5% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 52.9% |
| 2022-23 | 62.4% | 47.1% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 North Middle School - 08
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 this school | 534 | 15.9% | 55.9% |
| Harrisburg East Middle School - 11 Sioux Falls | 428 | 20.6% | 50.1% |
| 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 North Middle School - 08 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Lincoln County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #11 of 64 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #10 of 64 ▲ 8 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #6 of 65 ▲ 10 | #2 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #22 of 165 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #7 of 42 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #22 of 42 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #59 of 65 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #3 of 26 | N/A |
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
534
-299 (-36%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 534 | 43.3 | 12.3:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 43.6 | 12.0:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 747 | 59.5 | 12.6:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 59 | 14.1:1 | 12% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 45.7 | 14.2:1 | 10% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 10% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrisburg North Middle School - 08.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (648 to 534); teachers down 5% (45.7 to 43.3).
About Harrisburg North Middle School - 08
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is a public high-enrollment middle school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The latest federal count shows 534 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187 students, so this school is 186% bigger than average.
The district for Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is Harrisburg School District 41-2, with 11 schools and 6,222 students.
White students make up a majority at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08, at 78%. Next come 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 90% White among all Lincoln County residents. Harrisburg North Middle School - 08's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 total 43.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.3:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher below the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 16%. That tracks the 18% average for public schools in Lincoln County.
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of South Dakota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 scores 55.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lincoln County, the median household income is $99,166, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is one of 26 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Endeavor Elementary - 07, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is 4th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment declined 36% from its 2020-21 level of 833. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.1:1 to 12.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 South Middle School - 03Middle · 519 students
- Horizon Elementary - 09Elementary · 458 students
- Freedom Elementary - 06Elementary · 442 students
- Adventure Elementary - 10Elementary · 440 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
- Endeavor Elementary - 070.2 mi · 358
- Journey Elementary - 051.3 mi · 340
- Explorer Elementary - 041.6 mi · 338
- Adventure Elementary - 101.7 mi · 440
- Avera Behavioral Health Program - 822.2 mi · 9
- Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program - 812.2 mi · 2
Frequently asked questions
About Harrisburg North Middle School - 08What is the total enrollment at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08?
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 serve?
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is approximately 12.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrisburg North Middle School - 08?
At Harrisburg North Middle School - 08, the student body is approximately 78% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Harrisburg North Middle School - 08?
Harrisburg North Middle School - 08 is overseen by Harrisburg School District 41-2 in Lincoln County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.