Sisseton Middle School - 02

Sisseton Middle School - 02 is one of the roomy 6-8 campuss in Sisseton, South Dakota, overseen by Sisseton School District 54-2, with 281 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% larger than the state mean of about 187.

Within Sisseton School District 54-2, which oversees 3 schools and 965 students, Sisseton Middle School - 02 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sisseton Middle School - 02 logs that the most-represented group is Native American (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 22% White, 20% multiracial, 8% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Sisseton Middle School - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.2%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -7.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Roberts County indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,130 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Roberts County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,162 students), Sisseton Middle School - 02 is one campus in the mix.

Sisseton High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sisseton Middle School - 02. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sisseton Middle School - 02 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 39%: 202 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 3% to 8% over that span.

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