Webster Area Middle School - 02

Located at 733 E 2nd St, in Webster, South Dakota, Webster Area Middle School - 02 is a cozy middle-grades school that enrolls 108 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Webster Area School District 18-5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 187.

Webster Area School District 18-5 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 546 students. Webster Area Middle School - 02 is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Webster Area Middle School - 02 records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 26% of students at Webster Area Middle School - 02 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Day County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Webster Area Middle School - 02 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 53.1%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the area at large, Day County reports that median household income runs about $66,033, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Day County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 881 students), of which Webster Area Middle School - 02 is one.

Webster Area High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Webster Area Middle School - 02 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Webster Area Middle School - 02's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 126 (now 108). White enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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