Enrollment
106
Middle
DISTRICT 108 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STANLEY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 57-1·NCES 462485000841
Stanley County Middle School - 02
10 E Main Ave, Fort Pierre, SD 57532 · (605) 223-7743 · Stanley County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL106 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of South Dakota public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.8:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
25 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 33 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 34% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Stanley County Middle School - 02→Stanley County High School - 01
Feeds from
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
SD avg 50.3% . +12.9pp since 2022
Math
32.7%
SD avg 47.5% . +6.2pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 13 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 32.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 26.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Stanley County Middle School - 02
Stanley County Middle School - 02's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley County Middle School - 02 this school | 106 | 23.6% | 37.6% |
| Parkston Middle School - 05 Parkston | 98 | 23.5% | 50.5% |
| Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 Emery | 85 | 25.9% | 50.9% |
| Sully Buttes Middle School - 06 Onida | 66 | 28.8% | 57.7% |
| Redfield Middle School - 02 Redfield | 91 | 28.6% | 33.6% |
| Webster Area Middle School - 02 Webster | 108 | 25.9% | 53.1% |
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 Stanley County Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #52 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #54 of 64 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #47 of 65 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 106 | #61 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #42 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
106
+7 (+7%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 83
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 106 | 6.3 | 16.8:1 | 24% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 97 | 8 | 12.1:1 | 27% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 86 | 7.5 | 11.5:1 | 22% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 99 | 7 | 14.1:1 | 8% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 89 | 7.2 | 12.4:1 | 28% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 104 | 7 | 14.9:1 | 43% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 89 | 6 | 14.8:1 | 40% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 127 | 7 | 18.1:1 | 34% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 83 | 5 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stanley County Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (89 to 106); teachers down 12% (7.2 to 6.3).
About Stanley County Middle School - 02
Stanley County Middle School - 02 is a low-enrollment middle-grades school serving families in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 106 students. The typical figure for middle schools in South Dakota is about 187 students.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Stanley County School District 57-1 totals 432 students.
Stanley County Middle School - 02's enrollment is 79% White. Enrollment also includes 12% Native American and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Stanley County, the White share is about 88%. Stanley County Middle School - 02 has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.8:1, with 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in South Dakota, the typical ratio is 13.4:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Stanley County Middle School - 02 is 24%.
allk12 grades Stanley County Middle School - 02 a C-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In South Dakota, Stanley County Middle School - 02 is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.6% compared with a predicted 53.4%.
Stanley County has about 3,015 residents, and median household income is about $87,712, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Stanley County number 4 and enroll about 432.
Nearest public school: Stanley County High School - 01, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Stanley County Middle School - 02 holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Stanley County Middle School - 02 ranks 6th of 6 nearby schools, at 37.6% versus a 54.7% average.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 106 was 7% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 99. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.8:1.
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Stanley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,015
Census ACS
Median income
$87,712
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stanley County School District 57-1
- Stanley County Elementary - 08Elementary · 178 students
- Stanley County High School - 01High · 142 students
- Cheyenne Elementary - 06Elementary · 6 students
Other schools in Fort Pierre
- Stanley County Elementary - 08Elementary · 178 students
- Stanley County High School - 01High · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Stanley County High School - 010.0 mi · 142
- Stanley County Elementary - 080.0 mi · 178
- Georgia Morse Middle School - 021.5 mi · 672
- T F Riggs High School - 011.9 mi · 855
- Jefferson Elementary - 061.9 mi · 377
- Buchanan Elementary - 032.7 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About Stanley County Middle School - 02What is the total enrollment at Stanley County Middle School - 02?
Stanley County Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 106 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stanley County Middle School - 02 serve?
Stanley County Middle School - 02 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Stanley County Middle School - 02 have?
Stanley County Middle School - 02 employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Stanley County Middle School - 02?
Student demographics at Stanley County Middle School - 02 are roughly 79% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Stanley County Middle School - 02?
Stanley County Middle School - 02 is overseen by Stanley County School District 57-1 in Stanley County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.