Enrollment
19
Middle
DISTRICT 47 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HITCHCOCK TULARE SCHOOL DISTRICT 56-6·NCES 460004601164
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02
401 4th Ave, Tulare, SD 57476 · (605) 596-4171 · Spink County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL19 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
2 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
5 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02→Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +15.4pp since 2022
Math
31.6%
SD avg 47.5% . -4.4pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 15 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
19
-13 (-41%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.4:1
% White
100%
was 97%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is a tiny 6-8 campus in Tulare, South Dakota, overseen by Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6. The school teaches 19 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 187 students each, so Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 sits 90% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6, which oversees 5 schools and 236 students, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%).
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Spink County) records that median household earnings sit near $70,139, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Spink County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,155 students), of which Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is one.
The closest other public school is Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02's enrollment has shrank 41% since 2018, when it stood at 32 (now 19). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Spink County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,219
Census ACS
Median income
$70,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
1,155 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6
- Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 05Elementary · 116 students
- Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01High · 58 students
- Glendale Colony Elementary - 04Elementary · 22 students
- Spink Colony Elementary - 03Elementary · 21 students
Nearby schools
- Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 010.0 mi · 58
- Hitchcock-Tulare Elementary - 058.8 mi · 116
- Redfield Elementary - 039.7 mi · 271
- Redfield Middle School - 029.7 mi · 91
- Redfield High School - 019.7 mi · 153
- Turtle Creek High School - 0410.3 mi · 8
Frequently asked questions
About Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02How many students attend Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02?
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 enrolls approximately 19 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 serve?
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 have?
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 employs 2 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02?
Student demographics at Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 are roughly 100% White.
What district is Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 in?
Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is part of Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6.
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