Enrollment
74
Middle
DISTRICT 151 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKER SCHOOL DISTRICT 60-4·NCES 465427000925
Parker Jr. High - 03
335 W 1st St, Parker, SD 57053 · (605) 297-3456 · Turner County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL74 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of South Dakota public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.7:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
23 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 7 | 40 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 46% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Parker Jr. High - 03→Parker High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Parker School District 60-4. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -7.6pp since 2022
Math
33.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -11.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.9% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 40.6% |
| 2022-23 | 46.5% | 45.1% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Parker Jr. High - 03
Parker Jr. High - 03's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Jr. High - 03 this school | 74 | 31.1% | 36.1% |
| Elkton Jr. High - 03 Elkton | 65 | 33.8% | 26.3% |
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 Wolsey | 75 | 32.0% | 32.3% |
| Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 Hurley | 114 | 34.2% | 42.9% |
| Alcester-Hudson Jr. High - 03 Alcester | 53 | 37.7% | 35.4% |
| Clark Middle School - 03 Clark | 72 | 25.0% | 30.5% |
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 Parker Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 74 | #86 of 165 |
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
74
+5 (+7%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 61
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 74 | 4.7 | 15.7:1 | 31% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 69 | 4.9 | 14.0:1 | 25% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 72 | 5.2 | 13.9:1 | 8% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 69 | 5 | 13.8:1 | 9% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 68 | 4.9 | 13.8:1 | 25% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 71 | 3 | 23.7:1 | 24% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 49 | 3 | 16.3:1 | 18% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 87 | 4 | 21.8:1 | 22% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 61 | 1 | 61.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parker Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (68 to 74); teachers down 5% (4.9 to 4.7).
About Parker Jr. High - 03
At 335 W 1st St in Parker, South Dakota, Parker Jr. High - 03 operates as a small middle school. Enrollment is 74 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8. Against the 187-student average for middle schools in South Dakota, enrollment here is 60% lower.
Within Parker School District 60-4, Parker Jr. High - 03 is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 453 students.
At Parker Jr. High - 03, White students make up 88% of the student body. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Parker Jr. High - 03 has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 4.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.7:1. The average ratio among middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1, lower than at this school. Parker Jr. High - 03 reports 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Parker Jr. High - 03 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of South Dakota public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Parker Jr. High - 03 would score about 50.3%. It scores 36.1%, a bottom-10% result among South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations.
Turner County has these Census figures: median household income is about $75,771, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Parker Jr. High - 03 is among the 15 public schools in Turner County.
Nearest public school: Parker High School - 01, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Parker Jr. High - 03 holds 2 other public schools. Parker Jr. High - 03 ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.1% against a local average of 52.3%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The student count in 2024-25 was 74, 7% above the 69 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.7:1, from 13.8:1.
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Turner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,882
Census ACS
Median income
$75,771
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
1,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Parker School District 60-4
- Parker Elementary - 02Elementary · 238 students
- Parker High School - 01High · 141 students
Other schools in Parker
- Parker Elementary - 02Elementary · 238 students
- Parker High School - 01High · 141 students
Other Parker Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Parker Junior High. Parker Jr. High - 03 is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Parker Junior High SchoolFlossmoor, IL · 822 students
Nearby schools
- Parker High School - 010.0 mi · 141
- Parker Elementary - 020.0 mi · 238
- Marion High School - 016.2 mi · 62
- Marion Middle School - 036.2 mi · 46
- Marion Elementary - 026.2 mi · 100
- Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 038.3 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Parker Jr. High - 03How many students attend Parker Jr. High - 03?
Parker Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 74 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Parker Jr. High - 03 serve?
Parker Jr. High - 03 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Parker Jr. High - 03?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Parker Jr. High - 03.
How diverse is Parker Jr. High - 03?
Parker Jr. High - 03 reports a student body of 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Parker Jr. High - 03 in?
Parker Jr. High - 03 is part of Parker School District 60-4.
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