Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High is a tiny intermediate school in Rutland, South Dakota, part of Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District 39-6. The school hosts 41 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 187 students.

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District 39-6 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 288 students. Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High logs that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High shows 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.0%; this one comes in at 35.2%, -19.8 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household income runs about $76,808, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Lake County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,009 students), Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High is one campus in the mix.

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.0%.

Oldham-Ramona-Rutland Jr. High operates from a rural location.

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