Enrollment
84
Middle
DISTRICT 112 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 42-1·NCES 464477000812
Lyman Middle School - 02
201 S Birch Ave, Presho, SD 57544 · (605) 869-2579 · Lyman County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- 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
15.1:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
43 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 29 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 32% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Lyman Middle School - 02→Lyman High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lyman School District 42-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.3%
SD avg 50.3% . +5.3pp since 2022
Math
36.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +6.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 33.8% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 29.5% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Lyman Middle School - 02
Lyman Middle School - 02's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Middle School - 02 this school | 84 | 51.2% | 43.7% |
| Kadoka Middle School - 03 Kadoka | 51 | 49.0% | 70.6% |
| Winner Middle School - 02 Winner | 159 | 47.2% | 31.7% |
| Wilmot Middle School - 03 Wilmot | 58 | 55.2% | 25.4% |
| Gregory Junior High - 04 Gregory | 88 | 52.3% | 41.6% |
| Mobridge Middle School - 02 Mobridge | 110 | 41.8% | 45.5% |
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 Lyman Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #78 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
84
+13 (+18%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 88
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 84 | 5.6 | 15.1:1 | 51% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 83 | 5.3 | 15.7:1 | 36% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 6.2 | 13.4:1 | 34% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 71 | 7 | 10.1:1 | 44% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 88 | 7.6 | 11.7:1 | 53% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 96 | 8 | 12.0:1 | 53% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 8 | 11.0:1 | 52% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 103 | 7 | 14.7:1 | 48% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 88 | 7 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyman Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (88 to 84); teachers down 26% (7.6 to 5.6).
About Lyman Middle School - 02
Lyman Middle School - 02 is a middle school with a street address in Presho, South Dakota. There are 84 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 55% below the 187-student average for middle schools in South Dakota.
The 3 schools of Lyman School District 42-1, including Lyman Middle School - 02, enroll 335 students.
More than half of the students at Lyman Middle School - 02 are White (57%). Other reported shares: 31% Native American and 12% multiracial. That is in line with Lyman County, where about 58% of residents are White. The diversity index for Lyman Middle School - 02 is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. Statewide, middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 51% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Lyman County average 75%.
Among South Dakota public middle schools, Lyman Middle School - 02 outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Lyman Middle School - 02 sits between the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.7% and a predicted 42.0%.
In the wider Lyman County area, the median household earns about $67,143 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Lyman Middle School - 02 shares Lyman County with 3 other public schools.
The closest school to Lyman Middle School - 02 is Lyman High School - 01, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lyman Middle School - 02 at 4th of 5.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 71 to 84, an 18% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
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Lyman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,724
Census ACS
Median income
$67,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lyman School District 42-1
- Lyman Elementary - 04Elementary · 171 students
- Lyman High School - 01High · 80 students
Nearby schools
- Lyman High School - 010.0 mi · 80
- Lyman Elementary - 0410.3 mi · 171
- Lower Brule Day School26.6 mi · 337
- Jones County Middle School - 0432.1 mi · 57
- Jones County High School - 0132.1 mi · 49
- Jones County Elementary - 0232.2 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About Lyman Middle School - 02How many students attend Lyman Middle School - 02?
Lyman Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 84 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lyman Middle School - 02 serve?
Lyman Middle School - 02 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lyman Middle School - 02?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Lyman Middle School - 02.
How diverse is Lyman Middle School - 02?
Lyman Middle School - 02 reports a student body of 57% White, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Lyman Middle School - 02?
Lyman Middle School - 02 is overseen by Lyman School District 42-1 in Lyman County.
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