Middle Schools in Florence School District 14-1

Summary:

Florence School District 14-1 in South Dakota has only one middle school, Florence Middle School - 03, which serves grades 6-8. The school has faced declining academic performance in recent years, with proficiency rates well below the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.

Florence Middle School - 03 has seen its statewide ranking drop from 96th out of 150 middle schools in 2022-2023 to 195th out of 246 in 2024-2025. The school's Smarter Balanced Assessment scores are consistently lower than the district and state averages, with only 28.57% proficiency in ELA and 18.58% in Math in 2024-2025, compared to state averages of 50.93% and 43.49%, respectively. The school's 8th-grade science proficiency rate was particularly low at 9.1%, significantly below the state average of 42.51%.

The challenges faced by Florence Middle School - 03 may be related to resource constraints, as the Florence School District 14-1 is ranked 121st out of 147 districts in South Dakota and is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school's per-student spending of $11,145 for the 2023-2024 school year is relatively low, and the high rate of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 26.15% in 2023-2024 suggests socioeconomic challenges. However, the school does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.7, which could be an advantage if leveraged effectively.

District Detail

515 Main Ave
Florence, SD 57235

(605) 758-2412

SchoolDigger Rank:
121^st of 147 South Dakota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 352

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)	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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	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 6th Grade	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
Florence Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	515 Main Ave	Florence	57235	Codington County	Florence School District 14-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 758-2412	71	4	19.1	32.4%	70 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.2	195^th of 246 public middle schools	20.7%		24.4	120^th of 147 public middle schools	18.4%	75	16.7	38.9	36.4	28.6	16.7	27.8	13.6	18.6	9.1	$10,890	$00	$10,890

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Watertown School District 14-4	13.47 mi	8	99^th
Henry School District 14-2	13.53 mi	3	136^th
Northeast Technical High School	15.51 mi	1
Waverly School District 14-5	18.02 mi	3	129^th
Clark School District 12-2	18.26 mi	6	128^th

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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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