Enrollment
70
Middle
DISTRICT 124 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIMBER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT 20-3·NCES 467188000940
Timber Lake Middle School - 03
500 Main St, Timber Lake, SD 57656 · (605) 865-3654 · Dewey County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL70 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of South Dakota public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
8.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
26 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 26 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 24 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 29% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Timber Lake Middle School - 03→Timber Lake High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
SD avg 50.3% . -4.4pp since 2022
Math
59.4%
SD avg 47.5% . -2.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 66.7% |
| 2022-23 | 69.6% | 62.0% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Timber Lake Middle School - 03
Timber Lake Middle School - 03's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Lake Middle School - 03 this school | 70 | 37.1% | 56.9% |
| Mobridge Middle School - 02 Mobridge | 110 | 41.8% | 45.5% |
| Kadoka Middle School - 03 Kadoka | 51 | 49.0% | 70.6% |
| Winner Middle School - 02 Winner | 159 | 47.2% | 31.7% |
| Lyman Middle School - 02 Presho | 84 | 51.2% | 43.7% |
| Burke Middle School - 04 Burke | 62 | 41.9% | 45.1% |
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 Timber Lake Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 70 | #91 of 165 |
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
70
-15 (-18%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 49
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 70 | 8.4 | 8.3:1 | 37% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 81 | 8.9 | 9.1:1 | 37% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 81 | 10.1 | 8.0:1 | 37% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 9 | 9.4:1 | 39% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 80 | 8.9 | 8.9:1 | 38% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 8 | 8.3:1 | 35% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 64 | 8 | 8.0:1 | 53% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 45 | 3 | 15.0:1 | 60% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 49 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timber Lake Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (80 to 70); teachers down 6% (8.9 to 8.4).
About Timber Lake Middle School - 03
In Timber Lake, South Dakota, Timber Lake Middle School - 03 is a very small middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 70 students. The school is 63% below the average for middle schools in South Dakota.
The district, Timber Lake School District 20-3, has 372 students enrolled across 3 schools.
The student body at Timber Lake Middle School - 03 is 51% Native American. The school is also 47% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
Staffing at Timber Lake Middle School - 03 comes to 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 8.3:1. Middle schools in South Dakota average 13.4:1, 5.1 more students per teacher than here. Timber Lake Middle School - 03 counts 37% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 84% average for public schools in Dewey County.
On the allk12 Grade, Timber Lake Middle School - 03 lands at A, ahead of 86% of South Dakota public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Timber Lake Middle School - 03 is 9.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of South Dakota schools.
For Dewey County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $54,104 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 29%. Public schools in Dewey County number 10, with about 1,466 students.
Timber Lake Middle School - 03's nearest public school is Timber Lake High School - 01 (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.1%; Timber Lake Middle School - 03's is 56.9%, ranking 2nd of 4.
Under the NCES locale system, Timber Lake Middle School - 03 is Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Timber Lake Middle School - 03 had a net loss of 15 students, or 18%. The school's ratio dropped from 9.4:1 to 8.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Dewey County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,205
Census ACS
Median income
$54,104
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
29%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,466 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Timber Lake School District 20-3
- Timber Lake Elementary - 02Elementary · 185 students
- Timber Lake High School - 01High · 117 students
Other schools in Timber Lake
- Timber Lake Elementary - 02Elementary · 185 students
- Timber Lake High School - 01High · 117 students
Nearby schools
- Timber Lake High School - 010.0 mi · 117
- Timber Lake Elementary - 020.0 mi · 185
- Little Eagle School21.6 mi · 62
- Rock Creek Grant School23.6 mi · 50
- Tiospaye Topa School28.6 mi · 166
- McLaughlin High School - 0129.3 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About Timber Lake Middle School - 03How large is Timber Lake Middle School - 03?
Timber Lake Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 70 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Timber Lake Middle School - 03 serve?
Timber Lake Middle School - 03 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Timber Lake Middle School - 03?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Timber Lake Middle School - 03 is approximately 8.3:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Timber Lake Middle School - 03?
Student demographics at Timber Lake Middle School - 03 are roughly 47% White, 1% Hispanic.
What district is Timber Lake Middle School - 03 in?
Timber Lake Middle School - 03 is part of Timber Lake School District 20-3.
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