Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02

Set in Sturgis, South Dakota, Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 is a sprawling junior high, run under Meade School District 46-1. It educates 490 students across grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 162% above the state mean of about 187.

Across the 11 schools in Meade School District 46-1 (3,047 students total), Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 logs that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Meade County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of +1.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Meade County shows median household income runs about $74,790, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 is one of 16 public schools in Meade County (combined enrollment of about 3,395 students).

Sturgis Elementary - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02. On composite proficiency, Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.4%.

Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02 operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sturgis Williams Middle School - 02's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 565 (now 490). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.