Lemmon Jr. High - 06

Located at 314 8th St W, in Lemmon, South Dakota, Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is a rural-scale junior high that serves 53 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Lemmon School District 52-4. That puts it 72% smaller than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 187 students.

Lemmon School District 52-4 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 289 students; Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is among them.

Demographically, Lemmon Jr. High - 06 shows that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Lemmon Jr. High - 06 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.3%, the actual is 47.7%, a residual of -0.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Perkins County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,908, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Perkins County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424 students), Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lemmon High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lemmon Jr. High - 06 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lemmon Jr. High - 06 has rose 141%, going from 22 students in 2018 to 53 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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