Enrollment
92
Middle
DISTRICT 69 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIMBALL SCHOOL DISTRICT 07-2·NCES 463822000142
Kimball Middle School - 04
300 S East St, Kimball, SD 57355 · (605) 778-6231 · Brule County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of South Dakota public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
26 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 23 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 23% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kimball School District 07-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.2pp since 2022
Math
48.9%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 47.9% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Kimball Middle School - 04
Kimball Middle School - 04's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball Middle School - 04 this school | 92 | 28.3% | 49.4% |
| Webster Area Middle School - 02 Webster | 108 | 25.9% | 53.1% |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 Custer | 101 | 27.7% | 60.7% |
| Bon Homme Middle School - 02 Tyndall | 108 | 28.7% | 47.6% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 Emery | 85 | 25.9% | 50.9% |
| McCook Central Middle School - 03 Salem | 84 | 26.2% | 32.1% |
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 Kimball Middle School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #70 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
92
+4 (+5%) vs 2020
+179% since 2000-01, when it was 33
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 92 | 7.8 | 11.9:1 | 28% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 96 | 7.9 | 12.1:1 | 24% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 96 | 7.8 | 12.4:1 | 31% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 88 | 6 | 14.7:1 | 26% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 78 | 5.5 | 14.3:1 | 36% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 69 | 5 | 13.8:1 | 41% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 38 | 1 | 38.0:1 | 42% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 33 | 2 | 16.5:1 | 52% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kimball Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (78 to 92); teachers up 42% (5.5 to 7.8).
About Kimball Middle School - 04
Kimball Middle School - 04 is a public low-enrollment middle school in Kimball, South Dakota. Grades offered run from 5 through 8, with 92 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in South Dakota average about 187 students.
Kimball Middle School - 04 falls under Kimball School District 07-2, which has 5 schools enrolling 347 students.
Federal enrollment data show Kimball Middle School - 04 is 88% White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 2% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 7.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kimball Middle School - 04 and a ratio of 11.9:1. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 28% of students. The rate at public schools in Brule County averages 45%, higher than here.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Kimball Middle School - 04 receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Kimball Middle School - 04, the prediction is 51.4% and the result is 49.4%.
Federal survey data for Brule County show that the median household income is $73,720, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 9 public schools in Brule County, enrolling about 1,249 students in all.
The nearest public school is Kimball Elementary - 02, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Kimball Middle School - 04 comes in 3rd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory far from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment grew 5% from its 2020-21 level of 88. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Kimball Middle School - 04, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Brule County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,283
Census ACS
Median income
$73,720
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,249 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kimball School District 07-2
- Kimball Elementary - 02Elementary · 102 students
- Kimball High School - 01High · 84 students
- Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13Elementary · 53 students
- Grass Ranch Colony High School - 15High · 16 students
Other schools in Kimball
- Kimball Elementary - 02Elementary · 102 students
- Kimball High School - 01High · 84 students
- Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 13Elementary · 53 students
- Grass Ranch Colony High School - 15High · 16 students
Other Kimball Middle schools
One other US public school is named Kimball Middle. Kimball Middle School - 04 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Kimball Middle SchoolElgin, IL · 501 students
Nearby schools
- Kimball Elementary - 020.0 mi · 102
- Kimball High School - 010.0 mi · 84
- Grass Ranch Colony High School - 157.7 mi · 16
- Grass Ranch Colony Elementary - 137.7 mi · 53
- White Lake Middle School - 0312.4 mi · 30
- White Lake Elementary - 0212.4 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Kimball Middle School - 04How large is Kimball Middle School - 04?
Kimball Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 92 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Kimball Middle School - 04 serve?
Kimball Middle School - 04 serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Kimball Middle School - 04 have?
Kimball Middle School - 04 employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Kimball Middle School - 04?
Student demographics at Kimball Middle School - 04 are roughly 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Is Kimball Middle School - 04 public or private?
Kimball Middle School - 04 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kimball School District 07-2.
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