Middle · South Dakota

Timber Lake Middle School - 03

Timber Lake Middle School - 03, a public middle school in Timber Lake, South Dakota: grades 6–8, 70 students, 8.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Timber Lake School District 20-3.

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
70
Teachers (FTE)
8.4
Students per teacher
8.3
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of middle schools in South Dakota

Median 13.2 · 168 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 97% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 54% of middle schools in South Dakota

Median 75 · 168 schools compared

Smaller than 96% 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%

64%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 82% of middle schools in South Dakota

Median 50% · 162 middle schools compared

70 students tested, grades 3–8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

South Dakota: 45%

59%proficient

−8.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 86% of middle schools in South Dakota

Median 44% · 158 middle schools compared

70 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 Timber Lake School District 20-3.

Location

Address
500 Main St, Timber Lake, SD 57656
Phone
(605)865-3654
City or town
Timber Lake

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

No other public middle schools within 25 miles.

Sources

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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