Harrisburg South Middle School - 03

Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 operates as a sizable junior high in Harrisburg, South Dakota, one of the schools within Harrisburg School District 41-2. Current enrollment sits at 519 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 178% larger than the state mean of about 187.

Harrisburg School District 41-2 comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,222 students; Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 records that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lincoln County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.4:1, putting Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Lincoln County reports that median household income runs about $99,166, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 is one of 26 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 10,530 students).

Liberty Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 31%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 519 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 92% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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