Enrollment
83
Middle
DISTRICT 104 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARNER SCHOOL DISTRICT 06-5·NCES 467602000710
Warner Middle School - 03
110 1st Ave SW, Warner, SD 57479 · (605) 225-6194 · Brown County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL83 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- A+Beats 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
17.1:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
8 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 29 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 34% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Warner Middle School - 03→Warner High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Warner School District 06-5. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -0.2pp since 2022
Math
67.5%
SD avg 47.5% . -8.6pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 9 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.9% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.1% | 76.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in South Dakota's top 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 Warner Middle School - 03
Warner Middle School - 03's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Middle School - 03 this school | 83 | 9.6% | 72.9% |
| Sioux Valley Middle School - 04 Volga | 156 | 14.1% | 49.3% |
| Platte - Geddes Jr. High - 03 Platte | 94 | 17.0% | 58.5% |
| Northwestern Middle School - 02 Mellette | 56 | 16.1% | 61.1% |
| Chester Middle School - 03 Chester | 67 | 19.4% | 47.2% |
| Baltic Middle School - 03 Baltic | 110 | 19.1% | 52.6% |
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 Warner Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 83 | #80 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
83
+18 (+28%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 79
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 83 | 4.9 | 17.1:1 | 10% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 4.9 | 15.1:1 | 8% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 72 | 4.9 | 14.8:1 | 10% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 65 | 4 | 16.3:1 | 12% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 68 | 4.6 | 14.7:1 | 9% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 4 | 16.5:1 | 20% (13) |
| 2010-11 | 74 | 4 | 18.5:1 | 26% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 55 | 4 | 13.8:1 | 38% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 79 | 1 | 79.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warner Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (68 to 83); teachers up 5% (4.6 to 4.9).
About Warner Middle School - 03
Warner Middle School - 03 is a low-enrollment middle school that serves part of Warner, South Dakota. Enrollment stands at 83 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 56% fewer students than the average for middle schools in South Dakota (about 187).
Warner Middle School - 03 reports to Warner School District 06-5, which has 3 schools and 313 students.
The share of White students at Warner Middle School - 03 is 92%. Enrollment also includes 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
The school had 4.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in South Dakota is 13.4:1. The school reported 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 35% average among public schools in Brown County.
Warner Middle School - 03 earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Warner Middle School - 03 is 59.1%. It actually posts 72.9%, which is 13.8 points higher and in the top 10% of South Dakota schools.
In the surrounding county, Brown County, median household income comes to about $70,898, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 5,354 students.
Warner Elementary - 02 is less than a tenth of a mile from Warner Middle School - 03, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Warner Middle School - 03 holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 50.5% proficiency; Warner Middle School - 03 posts 72.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school grew from 65 students in 2020-21 to 83 in 2024-25.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,877
Census ACS
Median income
$70,898
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,354 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Warner School District 06-5
- Warner Elementary - 02Elementary · 145 students
- Warner High School - 01High · 85 students
Other schools in Warner
- Warner Elementary - 02Elementary · 145 students
- Warner High School - 01High · 85 students
Other Warner Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Warner Middle. Warner Middle School - 03 is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Warner MiddleWestminster, CA · 846 students
- Warner Middle SchoolXenia, OH · 728 students
- Warner Middle SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Warner Elementary - 020.0 mi · 145
- Warner High School - 010.0 mi · 85
- Central High School - 018.5 mi · 1,384
- Simmons Elementary - 108.6 mi · 386
- May Overby Elementary - 098.8 mi · 327
- Simmons Middle School - 038.8 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Warner Middle School - 03How many students attend Warner Middle School - 03?
Warner Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 83 students in grades 06-08.
Is Warner Middle School - 03 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Warner Middle School - 03 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Warner Middle School - 03 have?
Warner Middle School - 03 employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Warner Middle School - 03?
Student demographics at Warner Middle School - 03 are roughly 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Warner Middle School - 03?
Warner Middle School - 03 is overseen by Warner School District 06-5 in Brown County.
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