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Sanborn Central Middle School - 02

Public Grades 6-8
59th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 151 South Dakota Middle Schools
Better than 61% of South Dakota middle schools
Summary

Sanborn Central Middle School - 02 in Forestburg, South Dakota, serves 35 students in grades 6–8; no other schools are within 20 miles. Its clearest concern is eighth-grade ELA: 33% of students were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 52% statewide and 43% districtwide—even though the school’s all-grades ELA result was stronger than both.

Overall, the school was above the state in both tested subjects, but math trailed the district. ELA proficiency was 60%, 10 percentage points above the state and 6 above the Sanborn Central School District 55-5; math was 48%, 4 points above the state but 6 below the district. Results varied by grade: seventh-grade ELA reached 73%, while eighth-grade ELA was 33%. No nearby-school results were supplied, so local comparisons are unavailable.

Results have shifted over time: all-grades ELA fell 14 percentage points from 73% in 2022–2023 to 60% in 2025–2026, despite a rebound from 50% in 2024–2025; math rose 4 points over the same period, to 48%. SchoolDigger gives the school a 61st-percentile ranking and 3 stars, below the district’s 81st percentile and 4 stars. Its statewide ranking for Male Students—a measure of how well the school serves that group compared with male students statewide—fell from the 41st to the 21st percentile between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while the overall percentile remained 61. Context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 8.8 in 2024–2025 and 26% free/reduced lunch eligible that year.

35
Students ?
8.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,840
Per pupil spending ?
25.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 40405 SD Hwy 34
       Forestburg, SD  57314

(605) 495-4183

District: Sanborn Central School District 55-5


Students who attend Sanborn Central Middle School - 02 usually attend:

High:    Sanborn Central High School - 01

Feeder schools for Sanborn Central Middle School - 02:

Elementary:    Sanborn Central Elementary - 06
Racial breakdown:

White:
94.3%
Two or more races:
5.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 38th percentile in 2015 → 61st in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 61st (2026) from a 38th-percentile low (2015)
✓Above the South Dakota median (61st percentile)
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school51%
District avg53%
South Dakota avg46%
59th of 151
South Dakota public middle schools ?
Top 39%▲ up 20 pts since 2016
From bottom 41% (2016) to top 39% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
24th of 126Sanborn Central School District 55-5 among South Dakota districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202660.659 of 15160.9%★★★☆☆
202560.495 of 24661.4%★★★☆☆
202445.687 of 14740.8%★★☆☆☆
201952.972 of 14951.7%★★★☆☆
201855.267 of 14754.4%★★★☆☆
201756.464 of 14656.2%★★★☆☆
201647.287 of 14740.8%★★☆☆☆
201542.590 of 14537.9%★★☆☆☆
201370.333 of 14577.2%★★★★☆
201290.21 of 14699.3%★★★★★
201166.744 of 14068.6%★★★☆☆
201065.943 of 13969.1%★★★☆☆
200988.11 of 13999.3%★★★★★
200875.115 of 13689.0%★★★★☆
200779.710 of 13692.6%★★★★★
200669.531 of 14178.0%★★★★☆
200548.594 of 13630.9%★★☆☆☆
200458.068 of 13449.3%★★★☆☆
200345.691 of 13331.6%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202577.421 of 22990.8%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202555.370 of 18762.6%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202621.493 of 11720.5%★☆☆☆☆
202545.8138 of 23340.8%★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202562.324 of 11579.1%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202647.872 of 13345.9%★★☆☆☆
202555.6107 of 23053.5%★★★☆☆
202437.496 of 13227.3%★☆☆☆☆
201938.690 of 13633.8%★★☆☆☆
201847.071 of 13145.8%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Female (2025)91st percentile+29 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)79th percentile+18 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)63rd percentile~ school
White (2026)46th percentile-15 vs school
Male (2026)21st percentile-40 vs school
By subject vs South Dakota (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts60%+10 vs state
Mathematics48%+4 vs state
Science33%-7 vs state

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Sanborn Central Middle School - 02 ranks 59th of 151 South Dakota middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Sanborn Central Middle School - 02 usually go on to attend Sanborn Central High School - 01

Students at Sanborn Central Middle School - 02 are 94% White, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 35 students attended Sanborn Central Middle School - 02.

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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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