Enrollment
85
Middle
DISTRICT 66 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IPSWICH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 22-6·NCES 463606000914
Ipswich Middle School - 04
510 2nd Ave, Ipswich, SD 57451 · (605) 426-6571 · Edmunds County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL85 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of South Dakota public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
15.2:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
30 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 6 | 27 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 38% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Ipswich Middle School - 04→Ipswich High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ipswich Public School District 22-6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +8.1pp since 2022
Math
58.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.4% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 50.7% |
| 2022-23 | 69.3% | 46.7% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 18 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 →
Schools most like Ipswich Middle School - 04
Ipswich Middle School - 04's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Middle School - 04 this school | 85 | 35.3% | 66.4% |
| Scotland Middle School - 05 Scotland | 84 | 41.7% | 32.5% |
| Canistota Middle School - 03 Canistota | 68 | 26.5% | 40.6% |
| Florence Middle School - 03 Florence | 71 | 32.4% | 25.5% |
| Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 Mount Vernon | 58 | 39.7% | 62.5% |
| Lemmon Jr. High - 06 Lemmon | 53 | 35.8% | 47.7% |
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 Ipswich Middle School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 85 | #75 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
85
+7 (+9%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 55
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 85 | 5.6 | 15.2:1 | 35% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 79 | 5.9 | 13.5:1 | 19% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 77 | 5.4 | 14.2:1 | 26% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 78 | 5 | 15.6:1 | 22% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 83 | 4.5 | 18.4:1 | 27% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 72 | 4 | 18.0:1 | 29% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 55 | 4 | 13.8:1 | 24% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 59 | 5 | 11.8:1 | 25% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 55 | 3 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ipswich Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (83 to 85); teachers up 24% (4.5 to 5.6).
About Ipswich Middle School - 04
Families in Ipswich, South Dakota, are served by Ipswich Middle School - 04, a low-enrollment middle school. School enrollment was 85 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in South Dakota is roughly 187 students; this school is 55% smaller than that.
A total of 7 schools make up Ipswich Public School District 22-6, with 462 students enrolled.
The student body at Ipswich Middle School - 04 is 92% White. The rest of enrollment is 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 95% White share among all Edmunds County residents. Ipswich Middle School - 04's diversity index is 16%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ipswich Middle School - 04 and a ratio of 15.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 35% of enrollment.
Ipswich Middle School - 04 is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of South Dakota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in South Dakota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 48.6%. Ipswich Middle School - 04 posts 66.4%, 17.9 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Edmunds County show that the median household income is $81,630, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Ipswich Middle School - 04, Edmunds County has 13 other public schools.
Ipswich Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Ipswich Middle School - 04, there are 3 other public schools.
The NCES locale for Ipswich Middle School - 04 is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 85 students in 2024-25, 7 more than the 78 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Ipswich Middle School - 04 covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Edmunds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,048
Census ACS
Median income
$81,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
684 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ipswich Public School District 22-6
- Ipswich Elementary - 02Elementary · 182 students
- Ipswich High School - 01High · 103 students
- Pembrook Colony Elementary - 06Elementary · 34 students
- Rosette Colony Elementary - 03Elementary · 31 students
- Deerfield Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 26 students
- Dakota Trail Virtual School - 92High · 1 students
Other schools in Ipswich
- Ipswich Elementary - 02Elementary · 182 students
- Ipswich High School - 01High · 103 students
- Pembrook Colony Elementary - 06Elementary · 34 students
- Dakota Trail Virtual School - 92High · 1 students
Other Ipswich Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ipswich Middle. Ipswich Middle School - 04 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ipswich Middle SchoolIpswich, MA · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Ipswich Elementary - 020.0 mi · 182
- Ipswich High School - 010.0 mi · 103
- Dakota Trail Virtual School - 920.0 mi · 1
- Pembrook Colony Elementary - 065.2 mi · 34
- Rosette Colony Elementary - 039.5 mi · 31
- Deerfield Colony Elementary - 0511.7 mi · 26
Frequently asked questions
About Ipswich Middle School - 04How many students attend Ipswich Middle School - 04?
Ipswich Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 85 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ipswich Middle School - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ipswich Middle School - 04 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ipswich Middle School - 04?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ipswich Middle School - 04 is approximately 15.2:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ipswich Middle School - 04?
At Ipswich Middle School - 04, the student body is approximately 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Ipswich Middle School - 04 in?
Ipswich Middle School - 04 is part of Ipswich Public School District 22-6.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.