Middle · South Dakota
Northwestern Middle School - 02
Northwestern Middle School - 02, a public middle school in Mellette, South Dakota: grades 6–8, 56 students, 12.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Northwestern Area School District 56-7.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 56
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4.5
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in South Dakota
Median 13.2 · 168 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 63% of middle schools in South Dakota
Median 75 · 168 schools compared
Smaller than 97% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Dakota: 49%67%proficient
+5.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 86% of middle schools in South Dakota
Median 50% · 162 middle schools compared
57 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
South Dakota: 45%47%proficient
−8.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 59% of middle schools in South Dakota
Median 44% · 158 middle schools compared
57 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Northwestern Area School District 56-7.
Location
- Address
- 221 3rd St, Mellette, SD 57461
- Phone
- (605)887-3467
- City or town
- Mellette
- County
- Spink County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
iSucceed Middle School - 93Fully virtual | 6–8 | 7 | 36.8 | — | — |
| 6–8 | 83 | 17.1 | 76% | 67% | |
Turtle Creek Elementary School - 06Special education | 2–8 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 6–8 | 91 | 8.7 | 40% | 37% | |
| 6–8 | 464 | 15.0 | 46% | 44% | |
| 6–8 | 497 | 14.5 | 62% | 51% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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