Summary:
The zip code 57454 contains a single middle school, Langford Area Middle School - 03, which serves grades 6-8. This small, rural school is part of the Langford Area 45-5 district, which is ranked 114 out of 147 districts in South Dakota and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Langford Area Middle School - 03 has 41 students enrolled and a student-teacher ratio of 10:1, indicating a relatively small class size. However, the school's academic performance is struggling, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (42.85%) and Mathematics (45.24%) below the state averages (50.93% and 43.49% respectively). The school's 8th grade proficiency rates were higher than the district and state averages, but the 6th and 7th grade proficiency rates were generally lower.
The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.2% is higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to the lower test scores. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past few years, going from 92nd out of 150 middle schools in 2022-2023 to 112th out of 246 in 2024-2025. Despite the higher spending per student of $14,988, the school's academic performance appears to be worsening relative to other middle schools in South Dakota.
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