Enrollment
33
Middle
DISTRICT 57 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE PRESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 38-3·NCES 463999000918
Lake Preston Middle School - 03
300 1st St NE, Lake Preston, SD 57249 · (605) 847-4455 · Kingsbury County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL33 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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
8.4:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
13 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 11 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 27% |
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
Lake Preston Middle School - 03→Lake Preston High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lake Preston School District 38-3. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.8%
SD avg 50.3% . +34.6pp since 2022
Math
69.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +28.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 35 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 29 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 56.7% |
| 2022-23 | 41.2% | 41.2% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 22 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 Lake Preston Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 33 | #142 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
33
-2 (-6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 46
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 33 | 3.9 | 8.4:1 | 39% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 33 | 4 | 8.3:1 | 48% (16) |
| 2022-23 | 36 | 4.4 | 8.1:1 | 39% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 35 | 3 | 11.7:1 | 37% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 27 | 2.1 | 13.0:1 | 33% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 30 | 2 | 15.0:1 | 50% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 28 | 1 | 28.0:1 | 21% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 42 | 2 | 21.0:1 | 31% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 46 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Preston Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (27 to 33); teachers up 89% (2.1 to 3.9).
About Lake Preston Middle School - 03
Lake Preston, South Dakota, is home to Lake Preston Middle School - 03, a very small middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 33 students. The school is 82% below the average for middle schools in South Dakota.
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 is part of Lake Preston School District 38-3, where 3 schools serve 170 students.
Of every 100 students at Lake Preston Middle School - 03, about 88 are White. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial.
With 3.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kingsbury County average 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, Lake Preston Middle School - 03 lands at A+, ahead of 95% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 is in the top 10% of South Dakota schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.9%. The school's actual rate is 68.9%, 22.0 points higher.
The county, Kingsbury County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,000, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 1,061 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Lake Preston High School - 01, is the closest to Lake Preston Middle School - 03. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 59.5%, lower than Lake Preston Middle School - 03's 68.9%.
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lake Preston Middle School - 03 had a net loss of 2 students, or 6%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 11.7 to 8.4 over 4 years.
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Kingsbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,244
Census ACS
Median income
$74,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
1,061 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Preston School District 38-3
- Lake Preston Elementary - 02Elementary · 96 students
- Lake Preston High School - 01High · 41 students
Other schools in Lake Preston
- Lake Preston Elementary - 02Elementary · 96 students
- Lake Preston High School - 01High · 41 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Preston High School - 010.0 mi · 41
- Lake Preston Elementary - 020.0 mi · 96
- De Smet High School - 019.2 mi · 95
- De Smet Middle School - 039.2 mi · 91
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary - 029.2 mi · 176
- Arlington Preschool - 0411.7 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Preston Middle School - 03What is the total enrollment at Lake Preston Middle School - 03?
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 33 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lake Preston Middle School - 03 serve?
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lake Preston Middle School - 03?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Lake Preston Middle School - 03.
How diverse is Lake Preston Middle School - 03?
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 reports a student body of 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Preston Middle School - 03?
Lake Preston Middle School - 03 is overseen by Lake Preston School District 38-3 in Kingsbury County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.