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
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of South Dakota public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 18 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 56% |
Student demographics
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
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04→Wessington Springs High School - 01
Feeds from
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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.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 24.4% |
| 2022-23 | 46.3% | 39.0% |
% 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
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 →
Where Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 41 | #133 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
41
-7 (-15%) vs 2020
-60% since 2000-01, when it was 103
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 41 | 3.5 | 11.8:1 | 29% (12) |
| 2023-24 | 42 | 3.3 | 12.8:1 | 19% (8) |
| 2022-23 | 42 | 3.5 | 11.9:1 | 17% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 48 | 5 | 9.6:1 | 29% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 37 | 3.6 | 10.2:1 | 27% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 41 | 3 | 13.7:1 | 41% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 28 | 3 | 9.3:1 | 39% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 103 | 5 | 20.6:1 | 41% (42) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (37 to 41); teachers down 5% (3.6 to 3.5).
About Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 is a very small middle school. Its address is in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. The school enrolls 41 students in grades 7 through 8. That compares with an average of about 187 students for middle schools in South Dakota.
Wessington Springs School District 36-2 (7 schools, 461 students) runs Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04.
The share of students at Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 who are White is 90%. The remaining students are 7% Hispanic and 2% Black. Jerauld County residents are about 91% White, a similar share.
A staff of 3.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. Compared with the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among South Dakota public middle schools, Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 posts 29.6% against a 51.0% prediction, a bottom-10% result in South Dakota.
For Jerauld County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $73,750, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 7 public schools in the county, enrolling about 461, Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 among them.
Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04's closest public school neighbor is Wessington Springs Middle School Cyber School - 93, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04, there are 5 other public schools.
The federal government classifies Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04's location as Rural: Remote.
The school's enrollment decreased 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 9.6:1 to 11.8:1.
The discussion board for Wessington Springs Jr. High - 04 is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Middle School Cyber School - 930.0 mi · 22
- Wessington Springs High School Cyber School - 920.0 mi · 138
- Wessington Springs High School - 010.0 mi · 94
- 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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