Summary:
Clark School District 12-2 in South Dakota has only one middle school, Clark Middle School - 03, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has declined over the past three years, with its statewide rank dropping from 116 in 2022-2023 to 170 out of 246 middle schools in South Dakota for the 2024-2025 school year, earning it a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Clark Middle School - 03 lags behind the state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics across all grade levels, with only 35.62% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 50.93%. The school's performance in Science for 8th grade is also significantly lower than the state average, with only 21.43% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 42.51%.
Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 and higher per-student spending of $10,425 for the 2023-2024 school year, Clark Middle School - 03 has not been able to translate these resources into improved student outcomes. The school's declining performance and lower academic proficiency rates compared to the state suggest that the Clark School District 12-2, which is ranked 128 out of 147 districts in South Dakota and rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger, may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and strategies to better support student learning at the middle school level.
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