Sioux Valley Middle School - 04

Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 operates as an intimate middle-grades school in Volga, South Dakota, one of the schools within Sioux Valley School District 05-5. Current enrollment sits at 156 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Sioux Valley School District 05-5 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 742 students. Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 lists that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Brookings County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Brookings County) shows that median household earnings sit near $70,064, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brookings County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,921 students), Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sioux Valley Elementary - 02, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sioux Valley Middle School - 04. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 7%: 146 students in 2018 compared to 156 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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