Enrollment
14
Middle
DISTRICT 37 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT 53-2·NCES 463460000912
Hoven Jr. High - 03
98 5th Ave W, Hoven, SD 57450 · (605) 948-2252 · Potter County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL14 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
1 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
4 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 8 | 57% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 43% |
Student demographics
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
Hoven Jr. High - 03→Hoven High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hoven School District 53-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.6%
SD avg 50.3% . -7.1pp since 2022
Math
64.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -7.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 80.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.7% | 71.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Hoven Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 14 | #159 of 165 |
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
14
-2 (-12%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 47
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 14 | 1.4 | 9.7:1 | 29% (4) |
| 2023-24 | 15 | 1.3 | 11.2:1 | 40% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 14 | 1.4 | 10.1:1 | 36% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 16 | 1 | 16.0:1 | 31% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 18 | 2 | 8.9:1 | 39% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.0:1 | 50% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 16 | 2 | 8.0:1 | 63% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 31 | 2 | 15.5:1 | 45% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 47 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoven Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (18 to 14); teachers down 29% (2 to 1.4).
About Hoven Jr. High - 03
Hoven Jr. High - 03 is a small middle-grades school serving families in Hoven, South Dakota. The grade span is 7 through 8, and enrollment is 14 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187, so this school runs 93% smaller than that.
Hoven School District 53-2 runs 3 schools with a combined 112 students. Hoven Jr. High - 03 is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Hoven Jr. High - 03 is 93% White. It is also 7% Native American. That is close to the 93% White share among all Potter County residents.
Dividing enrollment by its 1.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.7:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Hoven Jr. High - 03 reports 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 27% average for public schools in Potter County.
Hoven Jr. High - 03 posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 75.2%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in South Dakota are predicted to post 51.3%, so the school is 23.9 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Within Potter County, the median household income is $72,045, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Besides Hoven Jr. High - 03, Potter County has 5 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Hoven High School - 01 is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Hoven Jr. High - 03 has 2 other public schools within five miles. The school's 75.2% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Over 4 years, Hoven Jr. High - 03's enrollment declined 12%, to 14. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.0 to 9.7 over 4 years.
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Potter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,388
Census ACS
Median income
$72,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hoven School District 53-2
- Hoven Elementary - 02Elementary · 69 students
- Hoven High School - 01High · 29 students
Other schools in Hoven
- Hoven Elementary - 02Elementary · 69 students
- Hoven High School - 01High · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Hoven High School - 010.0 mi · 29
- Hoven Elementary - 020.0 mi · 69
- Bowdle Elementary - 0215.8 mi · 40
- Bowdle High School - 0115.8 mi · 23
- Bowdle Jr. High - 0315.8 mi · 20
- Bowdle Preschool - 0415.8 mi · 7
Frequently asked questions
About Hoven Jr. High - 03How many students attend Hoven Jr. High - 03?
Hoven Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 14 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Hoven Jr. High - 03 serve?
Hoven Jr. High - 03 serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Hoven Jr. High - 03?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Hoven Jr. High - 03.
How diverse is Hoven Jr. High - 03?
Hoven Jr. High - 03 reports a student body of 93% White.
Who oversees Hoven Jr. High - 03?
Hoven Jr. High - 03 is overseen by Hoven School District 53-2 in Potter County.
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