Scotland Middle School - 05

Scotland Middle School - 05 is one of the low-enrollment intermediate schools in Scotland, South Dakota, overseen by Scotland School District 04-3, with 84 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 55% below typical.

Scotland Middle School - 05 is one of 3 schools operated by Scotland School District 04-3, a district that educates 262 students overall.

On demographics, Scotland Middle School - 05 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest breaks down as 2% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 42% of students at Scotland Middle School - 05 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bon Homme County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Scotland Middle School - 05 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -13.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bon Homme County put median household earnings sit near $64,435, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bon Homme County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,071 students), Scotland Middle School - 05 is one campus in the mix.

Scotland High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Scotland Middle School - 05 comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Scotland Middle School - 05's enrollment has expanded 15% since 2018, when it stood at 73 (now 84).

On the community side, members of the Scotland Middle School - 05 community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.