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Best Middle Schools in Jerauld County, SD

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Top rankedWessington Springs Junior High - 04140^th of 151 South Dakota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Wessington Springs Junior High - 04 up 65 spots statewide this year

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wessington Springs Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	302 Dakota Ave N	Wessington Springs	57382	Jerauld County	Wessington Springs School District 36-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 539-9391	41	3	11.8	29.3%	37 (90.2%)	1 (2.4%)	3 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.3	140^th of 151 public middle schools	7.3%		21.5	205^th of 246 public middle schools	16.7%	65	30.0	34.3	32.3	23.3	20.0	21.5	22.9	$14,508	$285	$14,223

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

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