Winner Middle School - 02

Winner Middle School - 02 is a middle-grades school of reasonably sized scale in Winner, South Dakota, one of the schools within Winner School District 59-2, hosting 159 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in Winner School District 59-2 (827 students total), Winner Middle School - 02 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Winner Middle School - 02 shows that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest comes out to 40% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Winner Middle School - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tripp County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,987 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tripp County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 962 students), of which Winner Middle School - 02 is one.

Winner High School - 01 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Winner Middle School - 02 comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Winner Middle School - 02 has changed only slightly, going from 163 students in 2018 to 159 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 71% to 58%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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