Summary:
Zip code 57454 has one middle school, Langford Area Middle School - 03, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 44 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was above South Dakota’s in both ELA and math: 50% in ELA versus 49% statewide, and 52% in math versus 44%. The clearest overall finding is that math is a strength, while results vary sharply by grade, especially in ELA.
There are no other schools in this list to rank against Langford, so the most useful comparisons are across its grades. Sixth grade stood out in both subjects: ELA proficiency was 63%, 14 points above the state, and math was 56%, 14 points above. Eighth-grade math was another strong result at 60%, 17 points above the state. By contrast, seventh-grade ELA was 27%, 26 points below the state, making it the clearest concern; seventh-grade math was 40%, 4 points below. Eighth-grade science was 40%, about 1 point below the state.
All-grades results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose by 7 percentage points, from 43% to 50%, and math rose by 7 points, from 45% to 52%; grade 8 science was an exception, falling 10 points, from 50% to 40%. SchoolDigger lists Langford at 61st of 151 schools, in the 60th percentile with 3 stars, for 2025–2026; it lists Langford Area School District 45-5 at 27th of 126, in the 79th percentile with 4 stars. Other context includes a 14.9 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025 and 43% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. Chronic absenteeism was 13% in 2025–2026, below the state’s 20% but above the district’s 11%. With only 44 students, results may be sensitive to a small number of students.
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