Enrollment
53
Middle
DISTRICT 96 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT 52-4·NCES 464152000852
Lemmon Jr. High - 06
314 8th St W, Lemmon, SD 57638 · (605) 374-3762 · Perkins County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL53 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of South Dakota public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.9:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
19 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 15 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 32% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Lemmon Jr. High - 06→Lemmon High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lemmon School District 52-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +7.6pp since 2022
Math
41.5%
SD avg 47.5% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 43.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.8% | 41.5% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Lemmon Jr. High - 06
Lemmon Jr. High - 06's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmon Jr. High - 06 this school | 53 | 35.8% | 47.7% |
| Mount Vernon Middle School - 03 Mount Vernon | 58 | 39.7% | 62.5% |
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 Wolsey | 75 | 32.0% | 32.3% |
| Elkton Jr. High - 03 Elkton | 65 | 33.8% | 26.3% |
| Willow Lake Middle School - 03 Willow Lake | 54 | 38.9% | 46.0% |
| Parker Jr. High - 03 Parker | 74 | 31.1% | 36.1% |
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 Lemmon Jr. High - 06 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 53 | #111 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
53
+16 (+43%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 72
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 53 | 4.9 | 10.9:1 | 36% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 46 | 3.5 | 13.0:1 | 30% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 56 | 3.4 | 16.6:1 | 43% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 37 | 3 | 12.3:1 | 27% (10) |
| 2017-18 | 22 | 2.9 | 7.5:1 | 36% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 44 | 2 | 22.0:1 | 41% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 48 | 3 | 16.0:1 | 38% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 66 | 3 | 22.0:1 | 33% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 72 | 2 | 36.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lemmon Jr. High - 06.
Since 2017-18: students up 141% (22 to 53); teachers up 66% (2.9 to 4.9).
About Lemmon Jr. High - 06
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is a small middle-grades school based in Lemmon, South Dakota. The school serves 53 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in South Dakota average about 187 students.
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is a school in Lemmon School District 52-4. The district has 3 schools and 289 students.
The large majority of students at Lemmon Jr. High - 06, 89%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By the diversity index, Lemmon Jr. High - 06 comes in at 21%.
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 employs 4.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1, higher than at this school. Lemmon Jr. High - 06's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 36%. Across public schools in Perkins County, the average is about the same, 36%.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Lemmon Jr. High - 06 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.
Schools in South Dakota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 48.3%. Lemmon Jr. High - 06 scores 47.7%.
Federal survey data for Perkins County show that median household income is about $66,908, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 6 public schools operate in Perkins County, serving about 424 students.
Lemmon High School - 01 is the public school closest to Lemmon Jr. High - 06, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is 3rd of 4 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Lemmon Jr. High - 06 as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 had 37 students in 2020-21 and 53 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.3:1 to 10.9:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Perkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,001
Census ACS
Median income
$66,908
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
424 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lemmon School District 52-4
- Lemmon Elementary - 02Elementary · 139 students
- Lemmon High School - 01High · 97 students
Other schools in Lemmon
- Lemmon Elementary - 02Elementary · 139 students
- Lemmon High School - 01High · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Lemmon High School - 010.0 mi · 97
- Lemmon Elementary - 020.1 mi · 139
- HETTINGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.9 mi · 172
- HETTINGER HIGH SCHOOL22.9 mi · 122
- MOTT-REGENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL31.0 mi · 136
- MOTT-REGENT HIGH SCHOOL31.0 mi · 89
Frequently asked questions
About Lemmon Jr. High - 06How large is Lemmon Jr. High - 06?
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 enrolls approximately 53 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lemmon Jr. High - 06 serve?
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lemmon Jr. High - 06 have?
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lemmon Jr. High - 06?
Student demographics at Lemmon Jr. High - 06 are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lemmon Jr. High - 06 in?
Lemmon Jr. High - 06 is part of Lemmon School District 52-4.
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