Enrollment
41
Middle
DISTRICT 32 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESSINGTON SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 36-2·NCES 467746000076
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04
302 Dakota Ave N, Wessington Springs, SD 57382 · (605) 539-9391 · Jerauld County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL41 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 53.8:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
12 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04→Wessington Springs High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
20.5%
SD avg 50.3% . -25.8pp since 2022
Math
18.0%
SD avg 47.5% . -21.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 26 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 21 points.
Source: SD Smarter Balanced. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
41
+4 (+11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.2:1
% White
90%
was 92%
% Hispanic
7%
was 8%
% Black
2%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04, a micro-enrollment middle school in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, one of the schools within Wessington Springs School District 36-2, caters to 41 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 187.
Within Wessington Springs School District 36-2, which oversees 7 schools and 461 students, Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Jerauld County as a whole.
On the resource side, The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.0%; actual is 29.6%, a gap of -21.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jerauld County put median household income runs about $73,750, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Jerauld County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 461 students), Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 is one campus in the mix.
Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 92 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 has expanded 11%, going from 37 students in 2018 to 41 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.
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Jerauld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,772
Census ACS
Median income
$73,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
461 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wessington Springs School District 36-2
- Wessington Springs Elementary - 02Elementary · 145 students
- Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 92High · 138 students
- Wessington Springs High School - 01High · 94 students
- Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93Middle · 22 students
- Spring Valley Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 16 students
- Wessington Springs Elementary Cyber School - 94Elementary · 5 students
Other schools in Wessington Springs
- Wessington Springs Elementary - 02Elementary · 145 students
- Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 92High · 138 students
- Wessington Springs High School - 01High · 94 students
- Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93Middle · 22 students
- Spring Valley Colony Elementary - 05Elementary · 16 students
- Wessington Springs Elementary Cyber School - 94Elementary · 5 students
Nearby schools
- Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 920.0 mi · 138
- Wessington Springs High School - 010.0 mi · 94
- Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 930.0 mi · 22
- Wessington Springs Elementary - 020.5 mi · 145
- Wessington Springs Elementary Cyber School - 940.5 mi · 5
- Woonsocket Elementary - 0314.6 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04What is the total enrollment at Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04?
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 enrolls approximately 41 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 serve?
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 is approximately 11.8:1 (3 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04?
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 reports a student body of 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Who oversees Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04?
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 is overseen by Wessington Springs School District 36-2 in Jerauld County.
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