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Enrollment
418
Middle
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPID CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 51-4·NCES 465982000532
North Middle School - 35
1501 N Maple St, Rapid City, SD 57701 · (605) 394-4042 · Pennington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of South Dakota public middle schools
- FTest 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
12.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
418 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 147 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 136 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 135 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.1%
SD avg 50.3% . -3.4pp since 2022
Math
15.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -0.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.1% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 15.7% |
| 2022-23 | 22.5% | 15.9% |
% 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 North Middle School - 35
North Middle School - 35's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Middle School - 35 this school | 418 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Bennett County Middle School - 06 Martin | 100 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Todd County Middle School - 10 Mission | 353 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Andes Central Middle School - 04 Lake Andes | 51 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| Wagner Middle School - 03 Wagner | 283 | 100.0% | 32.9% |
| McLaughlin Middle School - 03 McLaughlin | 85 | 100.0% | 11.2% |
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 North Middle School - 35 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota | In Pennington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #64 of 64 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #64 of 64 no change | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #64 of 65 no change | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #30 of 165 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #3 of 42 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #6 of 42 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 65 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #1 of 26 | #1 of 6 |
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
418
-113 (-21%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 418 | 34.8 | 12.0:1 | 100% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 39.4 | 12.2:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 35.4 | 14.5:1 | 100% (513) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 41.1 | 13.9:1 | 100% (573) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 40 | 13.0:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 47 | 10.7:1 | 83% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 63% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Middle School - 35.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (573 to 418); teachers down 15% (41.1 to 34.8).
About North Middle School - 35
North Middle School - 35 is a large middle school. Its address is in Rapid City, South Dakota. It enrolled 418 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in South Dakota average about 187 students each.
Rapid City Area School District 51-4 has a total of 26 schools and 12,610 students, North Middle School - 35 among them.
Native American students are the largest group at North Middle School - 35, with 49% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 21% White, 15% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. By the diversity index, North Middle School - 35 comes in at 68%.
Federal staffing data show 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at North Middle School - 35 and a ratio of 12.0:1. The average ratio among middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. That is 59 points above the 41% average for public schools in Pennington County.
North Middle School - 35 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of South Dakota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, North Middle School - 35 is 2.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Pennington County show that median household income is about $74,517, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 41 public schools operate in Pennington County, serving about 16,186 students.
Knollwood Heights Elementary - 08 is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. North Middle School - 35 places 1st of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, North Middle School - 35 went from 531 students to 418. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 12.0:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Rapid City Area School District 51-4
- Central High School - 41High · 1,998 students
- Stevens High School - 42High · 1,771 students
- South Middle School - 36Middle · 618 students
- Southwest Middle School - 38Middle · 614 students
- East Middle School - 30Middle · 613 students
- Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · 605 students
Other schools in Rapid City
- Central High School - 41High · 1,998 students
- Stevens High School - 42High · 1,771 students
- South Middle School - 36Middle · 618 students
- Southwest Middle School - 38Middle · 614 students
- East Middle School - 30Middle · 613 students
- Valley View Elementary - 13Elementary · 605 students
Other North Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 12 states are named North Middle. North Middle School - 35 is the 14th largest of the 14.
- North Middle SchoolSioux City, IA · 1,136 students
- NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 1,051 students
- North MiddleMenomonee Falls, WI · 804 students
- North Middle SchoolLenoir City, TN · 780 students
- North Middle SchoolGreat Falls, MT · 764 students
Nearby schools
- Knollwood Heights Elementary - 080.3 mi · 368
- General Beadle Elementary - 010.4 mi · 483
- Horace Mann Elementary - 070.9 mi · 274
- Central High School - 411.1 mi · 1,998
- Wellfully - 651.2 mi · 7
- Jefferson Building - 641.5 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About North Middle School - 35How many students attend North Middle School - 35?
North Middle School - 35 enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does North Middle School - 35 serve?
North Middle School - 35 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at North Middle School - 35?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at North Middle School - 35.
How diverse is North Middle School - 35?
North Middle School - 35 reports a student body of 21% White, 15% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees North Middle School - 35?
North Middle School - 35 is overseen by Rapid City Area School District 51-4 in Pennington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.