Hoven Jr. High - 03

Hoven Jr. High - 03 operates as an one-room-style middle-grades school in Hoven, South Dakota, overseen by Hoven School District 53-2. Current enrollment sits at 14 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 93% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Hoven School District 53-2 (112 students total), Hoven Jr. High - 03 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Hoven Jr. High - 03 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hoven Jr. High - 03 has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.4:1, putting Hoven Jr. High - 03 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hoven Jr. High - 03 sits in the top 10% of South Dakota schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.3%; actual is 75.2%, +23.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Potter County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,045 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Hoven Jr. High - 03 is one of 6 public schools in Potter County (combined enrollment of about 326 students).

The closest other public school is Hoven High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hoven Jr. High - 03 comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hoven Jr. High - 03 has decreased 22%, going from 18 students in 2018 to 14 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 100% to 93%.

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