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Enrollment
716
Middle
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HURON SCHOOL DISTRICT 02-2·NCES 463548000314
Huron Middle School - 02
1045 18th SW, Huron, SD 57350 · (605) 353-6900 · Beadle County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of South Dakota public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 65.3:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
495 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 234 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 242 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Huron Middle School - 02→Huron High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Huron School District 02-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.8%
SD avg 50.3% . +2.7pp since 2022
Math
39.4%
SD avg 47.5% . +4.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.8% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 36.5% |
| 2022-23 | 47.1% | 34.9% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Huron Middle School - 02
Huron Middle School - 02's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Middle School - 02 this school | 716 | 69.1% | 42.6% |
| Simmons Middle School - 03 Aberdeen | 464 | 48.5% | 41.4% |
| Hill City Middle School - 04 Hill City | 115 | 28.7% | 44.6% |
| Whittier Middle School - 08 Sioux Falls | 675 | 83.1% | 25.5% |
| North Middle School - 35 Rapid City | 418 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| South Middle School - 36 Rapid City | 618 | 60.5% | 30.4% |
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 Huron Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #48 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #44 of 64 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #45 of 65 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #9 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #34 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #4 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #7 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.0% | #2 of 12 |
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
716
+101 (+16%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 591
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 716 | 44.2 | 16.2:1 | 69% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 44.2 | 16.1:1 | 66% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 42.3 | 16.4:1 | 59% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 50% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 32.6 | 15.8:1 | 60% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 62% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 47% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 31% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huron Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (515 to 716); teachers up 36% (32.6 to 44.2).
About Huron Middle School - 02
Huron Middle School - 02 is a middle school in Huron, South Dakota, according to federal school records. There are 716 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in South Dakota enroll around 187, and this school is 283% larger than that mark.
Huron School District 02-2 is the local district for Huron Middle School - 02. It runs 10 schools with 3,078 students.
About 36% of students at Huron Middle School - 02 are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic, 23% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Beadle County, the White share is about 72%. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Huron Middle School - 02 are from different groups.
Huron Middle School - 02 has 44.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 13.4:1. The school has 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Huron Middle School - 02 lands at B, ahead of 61% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Huron Middle School - 02's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.6%) and its predicted rate (34.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools.
The school is in Beadle County, where median household income comes to about $67,681, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Beadle County's 17 public schools enroll about 3,544 students and include Huron Middle School - 02.
About 0.3 miles separate Huron Middle School - 02 from the closest public school, Huron Virtual High School - 92. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Huron Middle School - 02 ranks 1st of 4 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 716, up from 615 in 2020-21.
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Beadle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,309
Census ACS
Median income
$67,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,544 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huron School District 02-2
- Huron High School - 01High · 852 students
- Madison 2-3 Center - 19Elementary · 474 students
- Buchanan K-1 Center - 18Elementary · 467 students
- Washington 4-5 Center - 20Elementary · 453 students
- Huron Virtual High School - 92High · 53 students
- Our Home ASAP - 12High · 23 students
Other schools in Huron
- Huron High School - 01High · 852 students
- Madison 2-3 Center - 19Elementary · 474 students
- Buchanan K-1 Center - 18Elementary · 467 students
- Washington 4-5 Center - 20Elementary · 453 students
- Huron Virtual High School - 92High · 53 students
- Our Home ASAP - 12High · 23 students
Other Huron Middle schools
One other US public school is named Huron Middle. Huron Middle School - 02 is the largest of the 2.
- Huron MiddleHuron, CA · 344 students
Nearby schools
- Huron Virtual High School - 920.3 mi · 53
- Huron High School - 010.3 mi · 852
- Washington 4-5 Center - 200.6 mi · 453
- Buchanan K-1 Center - 181.0 mi · 467
- Madison 2-3 Center - 191.2 mi · 474
- Our Home ASAP - 124.4 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About Huron Middle School - 02What is the total enrollment at Huron Middle School - 02?
Huron Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 716 students in grades 06-08.
Is Huron Middle School - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Huron Middle School - 02 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Huron Middle School - 02?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Huron Middle School - 02.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Huron Middle School - 02?
At Huron Middle School - 02, the student body is approximately 36% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 23% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Huron Middle School - 02 public or private?
Huron Middle School - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huron School District 02-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.