Middle Schools in McLaughlin School District 15-2

Summary:

The McLaughlin School District 15-2 in South Dakota has only one middle school, McLaughlin Middle School - 03, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has been consistently low, ranking near the bottom of South Dakota middle schools in recent years.

McLaughlin Middle School - 03 has struggled academically, with proficiency rates on Smarter Balanced Assessments significantly below the state averages in English Language Arts (14.1% vs. 50.93%), Mathematics (7.69% vs. 43.49%), and Science (8% vs. 42.51%). The school's performance has declined over the past two years, and it faces challenges such as a high chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2%.

Despite the school's high per-student spending of $23,198 and a low student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3 to 1, the academic outcomes remain poor. This raises questions about the effective allocation and utilization of resources within the school and the McLaughlin School District 15-2, which is ranked 145th out of 147 districts in South Dakota and rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

District Detail

601 S Main St
Mc Laughlin, SD 57642

(605) 823-4484

SchoolDigger Rank:
145^th of 147 South Dakota districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 443

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
McLaughlin Middle School - 03	Public	6-8	701 Main	Mc Laughlin	57642	Corson County	McLaughlin School District 15-2	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	Yes	(605) 823-4484	85	10	8.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	83 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.7	223^rd of 246 public middle schools	9.3%		2.6	147^th of 147 public middle schools	0.0%	76	13.3	8.7	20.0	14.1	10.0	4.4	8.0	7.7	8.0	$20,560	$1,632	$18,928

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Little Eagle School	9.27 mi	1
Rock Creek Grant School	13.49 mi	1
Smee School District 15-3	18.92 mi	3	135^th
Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6	25.93 mi	4	54^th
McIntosh School District 15-1	27.17 mi	3	123^rd

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.