Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03

Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 is a middle school of low-enrollment scale in Hurley, South Dakota, operated by Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6, teacheing 114 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 187 students.

Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 403 students; Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Turner County shows median household earnings sit near $75,771, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Turner County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,459 students), Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 is one campus in the mix.

Viborg-Hurley Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.8 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03's enrollment has expanded 33% since 2018, when it stood at 86 (now 114). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 95% to 87%.

On allk12, the feed for Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.