Summary:
The Chester Area School District 39-1 in South Dakota has only one middle school, Chester Middle School - 03, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranging from 52nd out of 150 schools in 2022-2023 to 80th out of 147 schools in 2023-2024, before improving to 54th out of 246 schools in the projected 2024-2025 school year.
Chester Middle School - 03 has shown mixed performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments, with some grades and subject areas performing above the district and state averages, while others fall below. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts for all grades (64.18%) and 8th grade (75%) were significantly higher than the district (53.31%) and state (50.93%) averages. However, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics for all grades (50.74%) and 7th grade (31.58%) were lower than the district and state averages. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate (41.67%) was also lower than the district (36.67%) and state (42.51%) averages.
Despite its small student population of 69 students, Chester Middle School - 03 has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 15.94% in 2023-2024 and a student-teacher ratio of 11.7, which is lower than the typical ratio. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $12,905, which is higher than the typical spending in the state, indicating that the school may be investing more resources in its students.
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