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Enrollment
578
Middle
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MITCHELL SCHOOL DISTRICT 17-2·NCES 464839000437
Mitchell Middle School - 02
800 W 10th Ave, Mitchell, SD 57301 · (605) 995-3051 · Davison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of South Dakota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
231 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 180 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 35% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 Mitchell School District 17-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.3%
SD avg 50.3% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
53.1%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.3% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.3% | 53.8% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Mitchell Middle School - 02
Mitchell Middle School - 02's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Middle School - 02 this school | 578 | 40.0% | 52.9% |
| Watertown Intermediate School - 13 Watertown | 532 | 38.5% | 51.1% |
| Yankton Middle School - 02 Yankton | 608 | 39.8% | 49.4% |
| Douglas Middle School - 01 Box Elder | 633 | 37.8% | 36.1% |
| East Middle School - 30 Rapid City | 613 | 41.4% | 37.5% |
| Watertown Middle School - 02 Watertown | 575 | 35.0% | 52.6% |
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 Mitchell Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #17 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #16 of 64 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #25 of 65 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #19 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #18 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #23 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #20 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #11 of 26 |
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
578
-91 (-14%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 578 | 40.4 | 14.3:1 | 40% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 41.6 | 14.7:1 | 37% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 39.8 | 15.5:1 | 35% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 36% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 30% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 41% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 27% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 37 | 17.7:1 | 25% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 692 | 52 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (638 to 578); teachers up 1% (40 to 40.4).
About Mitchell Middle School - 02
Mitchell Middle School - 02 is a public middle-grades school in Mitchell, South Dakota. The school counted 578 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 209% more students than the average for middle schools in South Dakota (about 187).
Mitchell Middle School - 02 falls under Mitchell School District 17-2, which has 9 schools enrolling 2,628 students.
More than half of enrollment at Mitchell Middle School - 02 is White: 78%. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 7% Native American, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 12 points below the 90% share among Davison County residents. The diversity index for Mitchell Middle School - 02 is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. The average for middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 231 students, or 40%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Davison County average a similar 38%.
On the allk12 Grade, Mitchell Middle School - 02 lands at A-, ahead of 82% of South Dakota public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Mitchell Middle School - 02 lands between the top and bottom 10% of South Dakota schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.9%; the prediction is 46.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Davison County show that median household income comes to about $66,208, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Davison County counts 13 public schools with about 3,137 students.
Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 is about 0.6 miles from Mitchell Middle School - 02, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Mitchell Middle School - 02 holds 6 other public schools. Mitchell Middle School - 02 comes in 1st of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Mitchell Middle School - 02 is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Mitchell Middle School - 02 enrolled 669 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 578. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.1:1 to 14.3:1.
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Davison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,952
Census ACS
Median income
$66,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,137 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mitchell School District 17-2
- Mitchell High School - 01High · 879 students
- L. B. Williams Elementary - 03Elementary · 438 students
- Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04Elementary · 379 students
- Longfellow Elementary - 05Elementary · 290 students
- Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11Elementary · 21 students
- Abbott House High School - 07High · 18 students
Other schools in Mitchell
- Mitchell High School - 01High · 879 students
- L. B. Williams Elementary - 03Elementary · 438 students
- Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04Elementary · 379 students
- Longfellow Elementary - 05Elementary · 290 students
- Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11Elementary · 21 students
- Abbott House High School - 07High · 18 students
Other Mitchell Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mitchell Middle. Mitchell Middle School - 02 is the largest of the 2.
- Mitchell Middle SchoolBakersville, NC · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 040.6 mi · 379
- Mitchell High School - 011.0 mi · 879
- Abbott House High School - 071.2 mi · 18
- Abbott House Elementary - 061.2 mi · 13
- Longfellow Elementary - 051.2 mi · 290
- L. B. Williams Elementary - 031.6 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell Middle School - 02What is the total enrollment at Mitchell Middle School - 02?
Mitchell Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 578 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mitchell Middle School - 02 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mitchell Middle School - 02 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Mitchell Middle School - 02 have?
Mitchell Middle School - 02 employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Mitchell Middle School - 02?
Student demographics at Mitchell Middle School - 02 are roughly 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Mitchell Middle School - 02 in?
Mitchell Middle School - 02 is part of Mitchell School District 17-2.
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