Enrollment
156
Middle
DISTRICT 247 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 05-5·NCES 466630000613
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04
200 Hansina Ave, Volga, SD 57071 · (605) 627-5657 · Brookings County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL156 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of South Dakota public middle schools
- BTest 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
12.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
22 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 48 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 32% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04→Sioux Valley High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
SD avg 50.3% . +11.4pp since 2022
Math
51.0%
SD avg 47.5% . +11.5pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 44.3% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 39.5% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Sioux Valley Middle School - 04
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 this school | 156 | 14.1% | 49.3% |
| Lennox Intermediate - 09 Lennox | 185 | 16.2% | 62.6% |
| Lennox Jr. High - 08 Lennox | 169 | 15.4% | 66.8% |
| Groton Area Middle School - 04 Groton | 132 | 18.9% | 52.8% |
| Baltic Middle School - 03 Baltic | 110 | 19.1% | 52.6% |
| Elk Point-Jefferson Middle School - 03 Elk Point | 151 | 19.2% | 45.8% |
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 Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #30 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #21 of 64 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #19 of 65 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 156 | #50 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #62 of 65 |
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
156
-11 (-7%) vs 2020
+88% since 1990-91, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 156 | 12.4 | 12.6:1 | 14% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 159 | 11.5 | 13.9:1 | 18% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 17% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 10 | 16.7:1 | 14% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 146 | 7.2 | 20.2:1 | 21% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 133 | 7 | 19.0:1 | 29% (38) |
| 2010-11 | 130 | 8 | 16.3:1 | 18% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 81 | 5 | 16.2:1 | 21% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 83 | 6 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sioux Valley Middle School - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (146 to 156); teachers up 71% (7.2 to 12.4).
About Sioux Valley Middle School - 04
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 is a small middle school with its address in Volga, South Dakota. Its enrollment is 156 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
A total of 3 schools make up Sioux Valley School District 05-5, with 742 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 is 92%. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Brookings County overall, the White share is about 88%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 scores 16%.
With 12.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.6:1. Middle schools in South Dakota have an average ratio of 13.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Sioux Valley Middle School - 04, 14% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 lands at B-, ahead of 48% of South Dakota public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.2%.
In Brookings County, the median household earns about $70,064 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Brookings County counts 21 public schools with about 4,921 students.
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04's nearest public school is Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 enrolled 167 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 156. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
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Brookings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,353
Census ACS
Median income
$70,064
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux Valley School District 05-5
- Sioux Valley Elementary - 02Elementary · 372 students
- Sioux Valley High School - 01High · 214 students
Other schools in Volga
- Sioux Valley Elementary - 02Elementary · 372 students
- Sioux Valley High School - 01High · 214 students
Nearby schools
- Sioux Valley Elementary - 020.0 mi · 372
- Sioux Valley High School - 010.0 mi · 214
- Medary Elementary - 056.5 mi · 358
- Dakota Prairie Elementary - 076.6 mi · 509
- Brookings High School - 016.9 mi · 979
- Hillcrest Elementary - 047.1 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Sioux Valley Middle School - 04How many students attend Sioux Valley Middle School - 04?
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 enrolls approximately 156 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 serve?
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 have?
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Sioux Valley Middle School - 04?
Student demographics at Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sioux Valley Middle School - 04?
Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 is overseen by Sioux Valley School District 05-5 in Brookings County.
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