Enrollment
139
Middle
DISTRICT 162 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEAD-DEADWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 40-1·NCES 464130000373
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02
234 S Main St, Lead, SD 57754 · (605) 717-3898 · Lawrence County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-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
9.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
35 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 44 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 31% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
SD avg 50.3% . -9.5pp since 2022
Math
37.9%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 42.9% |
| 2022-23 | 54.2% | 38.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 this school | 139 | 25.2% | 43.2% |
| Beresford Middle School - 03 Beresford | 153 | 22.2% | 33.9% |
| Madison Middle School - 02 Madison | 270 | 23.3% | 49.5% |
| Clark Middle School - 03 Clark | 72 | 25.0% | 30.5% |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03 Elk Point | 151 | 19.2% | 45.8% |
| Milbank Middle School - 02 Milbank | 222 | 26.6% | 53.0% |
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 Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #45 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #48 of 64 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #54 of 65 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #53 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.2% | #41 of 65 |
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
139
-41 (-23%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 139 | 14.6 | 9.6:1 | 25% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 15.4 | 9.4:1 | 30% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 16.5 | 9.6:1 | 37% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 15 | 12.0:1 | 43% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 16.9 | 10.3:1 | 52% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 142 | 15 | 9.5:1 | 56% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 161 | 16 | 10.1:1 | 43% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 26% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 20 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (174 to 139); teachers down 14% (16.9 to 14.6).
About Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 is a small middle school with an address in Lead, South Dakota. The school counted 139 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 26% below the average for middle schools in South Dakota.
Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 counts 647 students in its 4 schools, and Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 is one of them.
The largest group at Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 is White students, at 80%. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Among people living in Lawrence County, the White share is about 90%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 scores 35%.
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 has 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.6:1. Middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1, 3.9 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 25% at Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02.
On the allk12 Grade, Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 lands at C, ahead of 31% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Schools in South Dakota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.7%. Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 scores 43.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Lawrence County show that median household income comes to about $73,384, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lawrence County counts 14 public schools with about 3,183 students.
Measured in a straight line, Lead-Deadwood High School - 01 is less than a tenth of a mile from Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The nearest schools with test data average 55.1%, higher than Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02's 43.2%.
NCES describes the area around Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 had a net loss of 41 students, or 23%. The school's ratio dropped from 12.0:1 to 9.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,233
Census ACS
Median income
$73,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,183 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1
- Lead-Deadwood Elementary - 03Elementary · 243 students
- Lead-Deadwood High School - 01High · 211 students
- Lead-Deadwood Career & Technical Education - 10High · 54 students
Nearby schools
- Lead-Deadwood High School - 010.1 mi · 211
- Lead-Deadwood Elementary - 032.9 mi · 243
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 099.7 mi · 2
- Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills High School - 109.7 mi · 21
- Whitewood Elementary - 0410.5 mi · 138
- Mountain View Elementary - 0810.6 mi · 168
Frequently asked questions
About Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02How large is Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02?
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 139 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 is approximately 9.6:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02?
Student demographics at Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 public or private?
Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1.
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