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Enrollment
432
Middle
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEADE SCHOOL DISTRICT 46-1·NCES 466993001392
Stagebarn Middle School - 10
12500 Sturgis Rd, Summerset, SD 57769 · (605) 787-4172 · Meade County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of South Dakota public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
122 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 5 | 115 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 24% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Stagebarn Middle School - 10→Sturgis Brown High School - 01
Based on grade levels within Meade School District 46-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.2%
SD avg 50.3% . +1.1pp since 2022
Math
45.2%
SD avg 47.5% . +1.3pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.2% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.1% | 43.9% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Stagebarn Middle School - 10
Stagebarn Middle School - 10's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stagebarn Middle School - 10 this school | 432 | 28.2% | 46.6% |
| Watertown Middle School - 02 Watertown | 575 | 35.0% | 52.6% |
| Vermillion Middle School - 02 Vermillion | 343 | 30.0% | 52.5% |
| Georgia Morse Middle School - 02 Pierre | 672 | 29.0% | 53.6% |
| Harrisburg South Middle School - 03 Harrisburg | 519 | 20.2% | 54.8% |
| West Middle School - 37 Rapid City | 591 | 27.2% | 44.2% |
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 Stagebarn Middle School - 10 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #36 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #33 of 64 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #42 of 65 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #28 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #15 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #36 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #35 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
432
-35 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 432 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 28% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 30.1 | 14.0:1 | 23% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 22% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 17% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stagebarn Middle School - 10.
About Stagebarn Middle School - 10
Among the schools in Summerset, South Dakota, is Stagebarn Middle School - 10, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school's 432 students are in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 131% higher than the average for middle schools in South Dakota, which is about 187.
Stagebarn Middle School - 10 is run by Meade School District 46-1, whose 11 schools enroll 3,047 students.
White students are the large majority at Stagebarn Middle School - 10, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Native American. The county population is about 86% White, within a few points of the school. Stagebarn Middle School - 10 has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. Across middle schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is about 13.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 28% of students.
Measured against South Dakota public middle schools, Stagebarn Middle School - 10 receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Stagebarn Middle School - 10 is 4.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 46.6%. Predicted: 51.5%.
Across Meade County, median household income is about $74,790, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The public schools of Meade County number 16 and enroll about 3,395.
Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Stagebarn Middle School - 10 at 3rd of 7.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 467 in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, a decrease of 35 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
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Meade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,546
Census ACS
Median income
$74,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,395 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Meade School District 46-1
- Sturgis Brown High School - 01High · 845 students
- Sturgis Elementary - 03Elementary · 531 students
- Piedmont Valley Elementary - 05Elementary · 514 students
- Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02Middle · 490 students
- Whitewood Elementary - 04Elementary · 138 students
- Central Meade County School - 09Elementary · 49 students
Nearby schools
- Piedmont Valley Elementary - 052.9 mi · 514
- Black Hawk Elementary - 033.8 mi · 305
- Pinedale Elementary - 118.5 mi · 377
- South Canyon Elementary - 158.8 mi · 274
- Stevens High School - 429.3 mi · 1,771
- Horace Mann Elementary - 079.5 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Stagebarn Middle School - 10How many students attend Stagebarn Middle School - 10?
Stagebarn Middle School - 10 enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Stagebarn Middle School - 10 serve?
Stagebarn Middle School - 10 serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Stagebarn Middle School - 10 have?
Stagebarn Middle School - 10 employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Stagebarn Middle School - 10?
Stagebarn Middle School - 10 reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Stagebarn Middle School - 10?
Stagebarn Middle School - 10 is overseen by Meade School District 46-1 in Meade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.