Enrollment
58
Middle
DISTRICT 78 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILMOT SCHOOL DISTRICT 54-7·NCES 460000300872
Wilmot Middle School - 03
800 Ordway St, Wilmot, SD 57279 · (605) 938-4647 · Roberts County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of South Dakota public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.2:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
32 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 15 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 28% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Wilmot Middle School - 03→Wilmot High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wilmot School District 54-7. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
SD avg 50.3% . -6.6pp since 2022
Math
17.9%
SD avg 47.5% . +5.8pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 30 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 22.6% |
| 2022-23 | 36.4% | 12.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of SD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% 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 →
Schools most like Wilmot Middle School - 03
Wilmot Middle School - 03's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmot Middle School - 03 this school | 58 | 55.2% | 25.4% |
| Jones County Middle School - 04 Murdo | 57 | 57.9% | 60.4% |
| Lyman Middle School - 02 Presho | 84 | 51.2% | 43.7% |
| Kadoka Middle School - 03 Kadoka | 51 | 49.0% | 70.6% |
| Gregory Junior High - 04 Gregory | 88 | 52.3% | 41.6% |
| Winner Middle School - 02 Winner | 159 | 47.2% | 31.7% |
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 Wilmot Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #103 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
58
+6 (+12%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 47
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 58 | 4.4 | 13.2:1 | 55% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 53 | 3.7 | 14.5:1 | 55% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 34 | 4 | 8.5:1 | 47% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 52 | 3 | 17.3:1 | 48% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 30 | 2.8 | 10.9:1 | 40% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 40 | 2 | 20.0:1 | 50% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 38 | 2 | 19.0:1 | 45% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 45 | 2 | 22.5:1 | 40% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 47 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilmot Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students up 93% (30 to 58); teachers up 60% (2.8 to 4.4).
About Wilmot Middle School - 03
Wilmot Middle School - 03 is a small middle school in Wilmot, South Dakota, administered by Wilmot School District 54-7. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 58 students. The school's enrollment is 69% smaller than the 187 average for middle schools in South Dakota.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Wilmot School District 54-7 totals 234 students.
White students make up a majority at Wilmot Middle School - 03, at 67%. Next come 26% Native American and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 57% White among all Roberts County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1, with 4.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Wilmot Middle School - 03 is 55%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Roberts County is 68%.
allk12 grades Wilmot Middle School - 03 a D. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wilmot Middle School - 03 scores 15.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 25.4% actual versus 40.4% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of South Dakota schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Roberts County, the median household income is $65,130, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Roberts County is home to 13 public schools and about 2,162 public school students.
Wilmot Elementary - 02 is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The school's 25.4% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Wilmot Middle School - 03 is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment is up 12% from 2020-21, when Wilmot Middle School - 03 had 52 students, to 2024-25, when it had 58. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.2:1, from 17.3:1.
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Roberts County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,221
Census ACS
Median income
$65,130
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,162 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilmot School District 54-7
- Wilmot Elementary - 02Elementary · 112 students
- Wilmot High School - 01High · 64 students
Other schools in Wilmot
- Wilmot Elementary - 02Elementary · 112 students
- Wilmot High School - 01High · 64 students
Nearby schools
- Wilmot Elementary - 020.0 mi · 112
- Wilmot High School - 010.0 mi · 64
- Summit Elementary - 0211.4 mi · 132
- Summit High School - 0111.4 mi · 50
- Browns Valley Elementary13.0 mi · 128
- Browns Valley Middle13.0 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About Wilmot Middle School - 03What is the total enrollment at Wilmot Middle School - 03?
Wilmot Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wilmot Middle School - 03 serve?
Wilmot Middle School - 03 serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wilmot Middle School - 03 have?
Wilmot Middle School - 03 employs 4 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilmot Middle School - 03?
Student demographics at Wilmot Middle School - 03 are roughly 67% White, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Wilmot Middle School - 03 public or private?
Wilmot Middle School - 03 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wilmot School District 54-7.
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