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Middle Schools in Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3

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At a glance

DistrictIrene - Wakonda School District 13-348^th of 147 South Dakota districtsFull district overview →

School

Students

Top rankedIrene - Wakonda Junior High - 0456^th of 246 South Dakota middle schools

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Biggest riser

Irene - Wakonda Junior High - 04 up 35 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3 in South Dakota has one middle school, Irene-Wakonda Junior High - 04, which serves grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 51 students. This standout school has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, going from 114th out of 150 South Dakota middle schools in 2022-2023 to 56th out of 246 in 2024-2025, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Irene-Wakonda Junior High - 04 outperforms the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, particularly in 8th grade where they exceed the state averages by a significant margin. The school's 8th grade science proficiency rate of 61.9% is also much higher than the state average of 42.51%. These strong academic results may be attributed to the school's higher spending per student of $10,996 in 2023-2024 and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 19.3 in the same year.

While the school has a higher chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% in 2024-2025, which is above the state average, it serves a population with a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 31.37% in 2023-2024, indicating a significant number of economically disadvantaged students. Despite these challenges, Irene-Wakonda Junior High - 04 has proven to be a high-performing middle school within the Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3 and the state of South Dakota.

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Ranking:

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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 (2025)	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 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
Irene - Wakonda Junior High - 04	Public	7-8	130 E State St	Irene	57037	Clay County	Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 263-3313	46	3	14.1	26.1%	41 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)	69	56^th of 246 public middle schools	77.2%		44.5	91^st of 147 public middle schools	38.1%	35	52.0	66.7	58.7	48.0	42.9	45.7	61.9	$12,740	$151	$12,589

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6	6.86 mi	4	66^th
Centerville School District 60-1	10.28 mi	3	16^th
Gayville-Volin School District 63-1	13.34 mi	3	115^th
Menno School District 33-2	16.46 mi	5	122^nd
Yankton School District 63-3	16.77 mi	7	47^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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