Enrollment
71
Middle
DISTRICT 82 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAAKON SCHOOL DISTRICT 27-1·NCES 463049000247
Philip Jr. High - 03
330 Scottie Ave, Philip, SD 57567 · (605) 859-2680 · Haakon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL71 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of South Dakota public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.9:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
18 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 | 21 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 38% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Philip Jr. High - 03→Philip High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Haakon School District 27-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
SD avg 50.3% . +5.4pp since 2022
Math
62.3%
SD avg 47.5% . +7.9pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 59.2% |
| 2022-23 | 46.8% | 54.4% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Philip Jr. High - 03
Philip Jr. High - 03's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Jr. High - 03 this school | 71 | 25.4% | 45.9% |
| Hanson Middle School - 02 Alexandria | 71 | 21.1% | 61.9% |
| Canistota Middle School - 03 Canistota | 68 | 26.5% | 40.6% |
| Montrose Middle School - 03 Montrose | 53 | 22.6% | 68.7% |
| Kimball Middle School - 04 Kimball | 92 | 28.3% | 49.4% |
| Avon Middle School - 05 Avon | 63 | 25.4% | 48.0% |
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 Philip Jr. High - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 71 | #90 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
71
+20 (+39%) vs 2020
+610% since 1990-91, when it was 10
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 71 | 3.8 | 18.9:1 | 25% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 76 | 3.8 | 19.9:1 | 18% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 49 | 2.9 | 17.0:1 | 12% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 51 | 3 | 17.0:1 | 10% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 45 | 2.9 | 15.5:1 | 27% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 42 | 2 | 21.0:1 | 33% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 40 | 2 | 20.0:1 | 38% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 45 | 4 | 11.3:1 | 22% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 10 | 1 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Philip Jr. High - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 58% (45 to 71); teachers up 30% (2.9 to 3.8).
About Philip Jr. High - 03
Philip Jr. High - 03 is a middle-grades school located in Philip, South Dakota, in Haakon County. The school has 71 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in South Dakota have about 187 students on average; enrollment here is 62% lower.
Haakon School District 27-1, which runs Philip Jr. High - 03, has 4 schools and 326 students.
Of every 100 students at Philip Jr. High - 03, about 90 are White. It is also 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Haakon County at about 90% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 18%.
There are 3.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.9:1. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 13.4:1. Of all students at Philip Jr. High - 03, 25% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Haakon County average a similar 23%.
Philip Jr. High - 03 holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of South Dakota public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Philip Jr. High - 03 is -6.7 points: 45.9% actual, 52.6% predicted.
The school's county is Haakon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $65,625 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Haakon County number 5, with about 332 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Philip High School - 01, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Philip Jr. High - 03 ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Philip Jr. High - 03 is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Philip Jr. High - 03 enrolled 51 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 71. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.0:1 to 18.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Philip Jr. High - 03 can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Haakon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,722
Census ACS
Median income
$65,625
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
332 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haakon School District 27-1
- Philip Elementary - 02Elementary · 131 students
- Philip High School - 01High · 109 students
- Milesville Elementary - 08Elementary · 15 students
Other schools in Philip
- Philip Elementary - 02Elementary · 131 students
- Philip High School - 01High · 109 students
Nearby schools
- Philip High School - 010.0 mi · 109
- Philip Elementary - 020.0 mi · 131
- Kadoka Elementary - 0216.3 mi · 118
- Kadoka Middle School - 0316.3 mi · 51
- Kadoka Area High School - 0116.3 mi · 71
- Midland Elementary - 1125.3 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Philip Jr. High - 03What is the total enrollment at Philip Jr. High - 03?
Philip Jr. High - 03 enrolls approximately 71 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Philip Jr. High - 03 serve?
Philip Jr. High - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Philip Jr. High - 03 have?
Philip Jr. High - 03 employs 4 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
How diverse is Philip Jr. High - 03?
Philip Jr. High - 03 reports a student body of 90% White, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Philip Jr. High - 03 public or private?
Philip Jr. High - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Haakon School District 27-1.
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