Wall Middle School - 06

Located at 401 S Blvd W, in Wall, South Dakota, Wall Middle School - 06 is a very small 6-8 campus that serves 66 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Wall School District 51-5. Compared to the state average of about 187 students per school, that is 65% smaller than typical.

Wall Middle School - 06 is one of 3 schools operated by Wall School District 51-5, a district that works with 273 students overall.

Demographically, Wall Middle School - 06 reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 11% multiracial, 11% Native American, 3% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at Wall Middle School - 06 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Pennington County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wall Middle School - 06 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.9%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Pennington County shows median household earnings sit near $74,517, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Pennington County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students), of which Wall Middle School - 06 is one.

The closest other public school is Wall Elementary - 02, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wall Middle School - 06 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wall Middle School - 06 has increased 18%, going from 56 students in 2018 to 66 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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