Rosholt Middle School - 04

As an one-room-style middle-grades school in Rosholt, South Dakota, Rosholt Middle School - 04 teaches 42 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Rosholt School District 54-4. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 187 students each, so Rosholt Middle School - 04 sits 78% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Rosholt School District 54-4 (235 students total), Rosholt Middle School - 04 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Rosholt Middle School - 04 reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 14% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, Rosholt Middle School - 04 has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.4:1, putting Rosholt Middle School - 04 tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at Rosholt Middle School - 04 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Roberts County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rosholt Middle School - 04 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 30.6%, a gap of -17.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Roberts County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,130 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Roberts County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,162 students), Rosholt Middle School - 04 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rosholt Elementary - 02, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Rosholt Middle School - 04. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rosholt Middle School - 04 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rosholt Middle School - 04 has edged up 5%, going from 40 students in 2018 to 42 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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