Enrollment
75
Middle
DISTRICT 105 · STATE 187
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOLSEY WESSINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 02-6·NCES 468010000546
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03
375 Ash St SE, Wolsey, SD 57384 · (605) 883-4221 · Beadle County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL75 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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
13.1:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
24 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 23 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 36% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03→Wolsey Wessington High School - 01
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SD Smarter Balanced 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.6%
SD avg 50.3% . +3.9pp since 2022
Math
24.7%
SD avg 47.5% . -12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SD Smarter Balanced, South Dakota's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Dakota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 47. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 12 points.
SD Smarter Balanced results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.6% | 24.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.7% | 36.7% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on SD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 this school | 75 | 32.0% | 32.3% |
| Viborg-Hurley Middle School - 03 Hurley | 114 | 34.2% | 42.9% |
| Parker Jr. High - 03 Parker | 74 | 31.1% | 36.1% |
| Lemmon Jr. High - 06 Lemmon | 53 | 35.8% | 47.7% |
| Elkton Jr. High - 03 Elkton | 65 | 33.8% | 26.3% |
| Miller Jr. High - 04 Miller | 74 | 28.4% | 52.8% |
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 Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Dakota |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 75 | #84 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
75
-10 (-12%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 64
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 75 | 5.7 | 13.1:1 | 32% (24) |
| 2023-24 | 76 | 4.8 | 15.9:1 | 37% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 5.4 | 15.5:1 | 40% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 5 | 17.0:1 | 40% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 120 | 5.9 | 20.5:1 | 37% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 53 | 5 | 10.6:1 | 30% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 83 | 6 | 13.8:1 | 53% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 64 | 4 | 16.0:1 | 50% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (120 to 75); teachers down 2% (5.9 to 5.7).
About Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is a low-enrollment middle school based in Wolsey, South Dakota. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 75 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in South Dakota enroll around 187, and this school is 60% below that mark.
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is part of a district of 3 schools: Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6, with 316 students.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic. In Beadle County overall, about 72% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1, with 5.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.4:1 average for middle schools in South Dakota is close to this figure. The school has 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Beadle County, the average is 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 lands at D, ahead of 10% of South Dakota public middle schools.
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 falls short of its prediction by 17.6 points. The model expects 49.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in South Dakota; the school's rate is 32.3%.
The school is in Beadle County, where the median household earns about $67,681 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Beadle County, 17 public schools serve about 3,544 students.
Among nearby public schools, Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The school's 32.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Enrollment was 75 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 85. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.0:1 to 13.1:1 over the same years.
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Beadle County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,309
Census ACS
Median income
$67,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,544 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6
- Wolsey Wessington Elementary - 02Elementary · 145 students
- Wolsey Wessington High School - 01High · 96 students
Other schools in Wolsey
- Wolsey Wessington Elementary - 02Elementary · 145 students
- Wolsey Wessington High School - 01High · 96 students
Nearby schools
- Wolsey Wessington High School - 010.0 mi · 96
- Wolsey Wessington Elementary - 020.0 mi · 145
- Buchanan K-1 Center - 1811.9 mi · 467
- Huron Middle School - 0212.4 mi · 716
- Huron Virtual High School - 9212.7 mi · 53
- Huron High School - 0112.7 mi · 852
Frequently asked questions
About Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03What is the total enrollment at Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03?
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 enrolls approximately 75 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 have?
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03?
At Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03, the student body is approximately 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03?
Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is overseen by Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6 in Beadle County.
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