Enrollment
75
Middle
DISTRICT 93 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW UNDERWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-3·NCES 465067000456
New Underwood Middle School - 04
300 E Ash St, New Underwood, SD 57761 · (605) 754-6485 · Pennington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL75 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
14 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 27 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 32% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
New Underwood Middle School - 04→New Underwood High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
SD avg 50.3% . +12.5pp since 2022
Math
28.2%
SD avg 47.5% . -9.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 13 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 37.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 New Underwood Middle School - 04
New Underwood Middle School - 04's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Underwood Middle School - 04 this school | 75 | 18.7% | 41.0% |
| Clark Middle School - 03 Clark | 72 | 25.0% | 30.5% |
| Howard Jr. High - 05 Howard | 75 | 17.3% | 54.8% |
| Castlewood Middle School - 03 Castlewood | 76 | 18.4% | 38.6% |
| Garretson Middle School - 03 Garretson | 105 | 19.0% | 46.5% |
| Northwestern Middle School - 02 Mellette | 56 | 16.1% | 61.1% |
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 New Underwood Middle School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 75 | #83 of 165 | #8 of 9 |
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
75
+12 (+19%) vs 2020
+97% since 2000-01, when it was 38
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 75 | 4.3 | 17.3:1 | 19% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 59 | 4.6 | 12.8:1 | 29% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 68 | 3.8 | 17.9:1 | 34% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 63 | 3 | 21.0:1 | 25% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 34 | 2 | 16.9:1 | 38% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 51 | 2 | 25.5:1 | 29% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 47 | 2 | 23.5:1 | 23% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 38 | 3 | 12.7:1 | 26% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Underwood Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 121% (34 to 75); teachers up 115% (2 to 4.3).
About New Underwood Middle School - 04
New Underwood Middle School - 04 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in New Underwood, South Dakota. It enrolls 75 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 60% below the 187-student average for middle schools in South Dakota.
New Underwood Middle School - 04 is one of 3 schools in New Underwood School District 51-3, which enrolls 280 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at New Underwood Middle School - 04 is White: 76%. The next largest groups are 13% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. In Pennington County overall, the White share is about 79%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
The school has 4.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1, 3.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at New Underwood Middle School - 04, 19% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Pennington County average 41%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, New Underwood Middle School - 04 ranks in the bottom 10% in South Dakota. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.0%, against a prediction of 55.4%.
In Pennington County, median household income comes to about $74,517, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 41, with about 16,186 students.
New Underwood Elementary - 02 is less than a tenth of a mile from New Underwood Middle School - 04, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, New Underwood Middle School - 04 ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 63 (2020-21) to 75 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 21.0 in 2020-21 to 17.3 in 2024-25.
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Pennington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,512
Census ACS
Median income
$74,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
16,186 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Underwood School District 51-3
- New Underwood Elementary - 02Elementary · 113 students
- New Underwood High School - 01High · 92 students
Other schools in New Underwood
- New Underwood Elementary - 02Elementary · 113 students
- New Underwood High School - 01High · 92 students
Nearby schools
- New Underwood Elementary - 020.0 mi · 113
- New Underwood High School - 010.0 mi · 92
- Douglas High School - 0311.7 mi · 739
- Douglas Middle School - 0111.8 mi · 633
- Patriot Elementary -0611.8 mi · 982
- Vandenberg Elementary - 0212.0 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About New Underwood Middle School - 04How many students attend New Underwood Middle School - 04?
New Underwood Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 75 students in grades 06-08.
Is New Underwood Middle School - 04 an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Underwood Middle School - 04 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at New Underwood Middle School - 04?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at New Underwood Middle School - 04.
What is the racial breakdown of students at New Underwood Middle School - 04?
At New Underwood Middle School - 04, the student body is approximately 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees New Underwood Middle School - 04?
New Underwood Middle School - 04 is overseen by New Underwood School District 51-3 in Pennington County.
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