Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03

As an intimate intermediate school in Wolsey, South Dakota, Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 hosts 75 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6. Enrollment runs roughly 60% leaner than the state mean of about 187.

Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is one of 3 schools operated by Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6, a district that teaches 316 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Beadle County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Beadle County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.9%; this one comes in at 32.3%, -17.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Beadle County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,681 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 is one of 17 public schools in Beadle County (combined enrollment of about 3,544 students).

Wolsey Wessington 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. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 33.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03's enrollment has shrank 37% since 2018, when it stood at 120 (now 75). The White share of enrollment increased from 80% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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