Simmons Middle School - 03

Simmons Middle School - 03 is a 6-8 campus of substantial scale in Aberdeen, South Dakota, operated by Aberdeen School District 06-1, hosting 464 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 148% bigger than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 187 students.

Simmons Middle School - 03 is one of 10 schools operated by Aberdeen School District 06-1, a district that works with 4,241 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Simmons Middle School - 03 shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Native American, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Simmons Middle School - 03 shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Brown County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Simmons Middle School - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Brown County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,898, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Brown County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,354 students), Simmons Middle School - 03 is one campus in the mix.

Simmons Elementary - 10 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Simmons Middle School - 03. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Simmons Middle School - 03 at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Simmons Middle School - 03's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 511 (now 464). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 81% to 62%.

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