Milbank Middle School - 02

Set in Milbank, South Dakota, Milbank Middle School - 02 is a mid-sized middle school, one of the schools within Milbank School District 25-4. It works with 222 students across grades 6 through 8.

Milbank School District 25-4 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 973 students; Milbank Middle School - 02 is among them.

On demographics, Milbank Middle School - 02 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Milbank Middle School - 02 has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Milbank Middle School - 02 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 53.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Grant County shows median household income runs about $75,028, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Milbank Middle School - 02 is one of 7 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 1,072 students).

Nearest neighbor: Milbank High School - 01, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Milbank Middle School - 02 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Milbank Middle School - 02's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 213 (now 222). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 90% to 81%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Milbank Middle School - 02 typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.