Enrollment
159
Middle
DISTRICT 276 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINNER SCHOOL DISTRICT 59-2·NCES 467971000782
Winner Middle School - 02
431 E 7th St, Winner, SD 57580 · (605) 842-8125 · Tripp County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
- 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
15.0:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
75 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 52 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Winner Middle School - 02→Winner High School - 01
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Winner School District 59-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
SD avg 50.3% . -1.3pp since 2022
Math
20.3%
SD avg 47.5% . -6.1pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 20.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 19.7% |
| 2022-23 | 41.2% | 26.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for South Dakota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among South Dakota's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Winner Middle School - 02
Winner Middle School - 02's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner Middle School - 02 this school | 159 | 47.2% | 31.7% |
| Lyman Middle School - 02 Presho | 84 | 51.2% | 43.7% |
| Chamberlain Jr. High - 02 Chamberlain | 208 | 51.0% | 39.2% |
| Mobridge Middle School - 02 Mobridge | 110 | 41.8% | 45.5% |
| Gregory Junior High - 04 Gregory | 88 | 52.3% | 41.6% |
| Kadoka Middle School - 03 Kadoka | 51 | 49.0% | 70.6% |
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 Winner Middle School - 02 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #57 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #62 of 64 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #56 of 65 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #49 of 165 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #14 of 65 |
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
159
+8 (+5%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 159 | 10.6 | 15.0:1 | 47% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 10.1 | 15.8:1 | 38% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 10.5 | 15.3:1 | 41% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 151 | 9 | 16.8:1 | 40% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 163 | 9.8 | 16.7:1 | 39% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 161 | 10 | 16.1:1 | 47% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 50% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | 49% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 218 | 17 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winner Middle School - 02.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (163 to 159); teachers up 9% (9.8 to 10.6).
About Winner Middle School - 02
Winner Middle School - 02 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Winner, South Dakota. The school's 159 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Winner School District 59-2 has 3 schools; together they serve 827 students.
At Winner Middle School - 02, White students make up 58% of the student body. The remaining shares are 40% Native American. Tripp County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Winner Middle School - 02 employs 10.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.0:1. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 47% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Tripp County average 44%.
allk12 grades Winner Middle School - 02 a C-. The grade compares the school only with South Dakota public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.7% at Winner Middle School - 02; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.7%.
Winner Middle School - 02 is located in Tripp County, where the median household income is $58,987, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winner Middle School - 02 is one of 6 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Winner High School - 01, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Winner Middle School - 02 comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Winner Middle School - 02 falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Winner Middle School - 02's enrollment climbed 5%, to 159. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.8 to 15.0 over 4 years.
Community posts for Winner Middle School - 02 can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tripp County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,611
Census ACS
Median income
$58,987
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
962 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winner School District 59-2
- Winner Elementary - 04Elementary · 465 students
- Winner High School - 01High · 203 students
Other schools in Winner
- Winner Elementary - 04Elementary · 465 students
- Winner High School - 01High · 203 students
Nearby schools
- Winner High School - 010.0 mi · 203
- Winner Elementary - 040.9 mi · 465
- Colome Middle School - 0310.1 mi · 32
- Colome High School - 0110.1 mi · 38
- Colome Elementary - 0210.1 mi · 65
- Gregory High School - 0123.7 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About Winner Middle School - 02How many students attend Winner Middle School - 02?
Winner Middle School - 02 enrolls approximately 159 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Winner Middle School - 02 serve?
Winner Middle School - 02 serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Winner Middle School - 02?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Winner Middle School - 02 is approximately 15.0:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Winner Middle School - 02?
Winner Middle School - 02 reports a student body of 58% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Winner Middle School - 02?
Winner Middle School - 02 is overseen by Winner School District 59-2 in Tripp County.
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