Huron Middle School - 02

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Huron Middle School - 02 is a public middle school serving 695 students in grades 6-8 in Huron, South Dakota, which is part of the Huron School District 02-2. The school consistently outperforms the district and state averages in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics assessments, with 47.48% of its students proficient or better in ELA and 34.6% in Mathematics, compared to 40.9% and 29.89% for the district, respectively.

However, Huron Middle School - 02 faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate ranging from 27.8% to 31.3% over the past three years, and a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 43.5% to 58.56%. The school's performance has also declined over the past few years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 61st out of 147 South Dakota middle schools in 2017-2018 to 97th out of 147 in 2023-2024. Compared to nearby schools like Iroquois Middle School - 02 and Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03, Huron Middle School - 02 significantly outperforms these schools in both ELA and Mathematics assessments.

While Huron Middle School - 02 performs exceptionally well for its Asian and Migrant student subgroups, ranking 1st out of all South Dakota middle schools in these categories, the school struggles with its Special Education student subgroup, ranking 25th to 29th out of 29 South Dakota middle schools. This is an area that warrants further investigation and attention to ensure all students are receiving the support they need to succeed.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1045 18th SW
       Huron, SD  57350


(605) 353-6900

District: Huron School District 02-2

SchoolDigger Rank:
97th of 147 South Dakota Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,089 Help


Students who attend Huron Middle School - 02 usually attend:

High:    Huron High School - 01

Feeder schools for Huron Middle School - 02:

Elementary:    Huron Colony Elementary - 13
    Riverside Colony Elementary - 15

Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  695

Racial breakdown:

White:
40.6%
Hispanic:
31.9%
Asian:
21.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.6% Help


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Compare Details Huron Middle School - 02 ranks worse than 66% of middle schools in South Dakota. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.82. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Huron Middle School - 02 is $11,089.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Huron Middle School - 02:

SchoolDigger ranks Huron Middle School - 02 97th of 147 South Dakota public middle schools. (See Huron Middle School - 02 in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Huron Middle School - 02

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Rank History for all students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 47.83 85th 133 36.1%
2004 47.44 95th 134 29.1%
2005 62.38 53rd 136 61.0%
2006 51.68 85th 141 39.7%
2007 55.81 71st 136 47.8%
2008 46.68 93rd 136 31.6%
2009 52.65 79th 139 43.2%
2010 50.83 87th 139 37.4%
2011 45.41 94th 140 32.9%
2012 28.65 124th 146 15.1%
2013 33.18 124th 145 14.5%
2015 42.68 86th 145 40.7%
2016 39.35 108th 147 26.5%
2017 51.39 84th 146 42.5%
2018 56.37 61st 147 58.5%
2019 51.44 76th 149 49.0%
2021 41.73 95th 145 34.5%
2022 39.80 96th 143 32.9%
2023 42.61 94th 150 37.3%
2024 40.82 97th 147 34.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.03 1st 4 75.0%
2019 13.26 1st 1 0.0%
2021 54.13 5th 8 37.5%
2022 67.55 1st 1 0.0%
2023 67.76 1st 6 83.3%
2024 57.74 4th 7 42.9%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Middle Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.39 23rd 32 28.1%
2022 20.36 24th 25 4.0%
2023 24.65 24th 27 11.1%
2024 27.22 25th 29 13.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.98 24th 71 66.2%
2019 54.70 31st 79 60.8%
2021 50.66 30th 63 52.4%
2022 55.22 18th 46 60.9%
2023 54.10 29th 70 58.6%
2024 60.69 19th 65 70.8%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Migrant students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 13.33 1st 1 0.0%
2024 20.00 1st 1 0.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.38 57th 99 42.4%
2019 51.11 58th 107 45.8%
2021 45.61 67th 113 40.7%
2022 40.50 70th 102 31.4%
2023 46.93 66th 112 41.1%
2024 43.37 73rd 107 31.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.97 44th 111 60.4%
2019 49.81 56th 110 49.1%
2021 40.08 69th 115 40.0%
2022 38.51 73rd 104 29.8%
2023 37.56 83rd 116 28.4%
2024 36.78 82nd 115 28.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.88 4th 5 20.0%
2019 61.12 2nd 3 33.3%
2021 44.61 2nd 3 33.3%
2022 59.57 1st 2 50.0%
2023 85.12 1st 2 50.0%
2024 68.70 1st 2 50.0%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Middle Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.44 12th 17 29.4%
2019 26.28 16th 21 23.8%
2021 35.33 16th 23 30.4%
2022 41.04 13th 19 31.6%
2023 40.67 15th 24 37.5%
2024 42.79 14th 26 46.2%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Huron Middle School - 02

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools SD State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.73 40th 131 69.5%
2019 68.89 31st 136 77.2%
2021 54.40 60th 136 55.9%
2022 52.70 62nd 132 53.0%
2023 55.11 55th 136 59.6%
2024 55.65 59th 132 55.3%
See the entire list of Best South Dakota Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: South Dakota Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Huron Middle School - 02

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 577 577
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 584 584
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 591 591
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 591 591
1993 593 2 0 3 12 n/a n/a 0 610
1994 620 7 5 4 4 n/a n/a 0 640
1995 590 5 6 3 5 n/a n/a 0 609
1996 590 5 6 3 5 n/a n/a 0 609
1997 585 2 2 8 3 n/a n/a 0 600
1998 561 4 2 7 3 n/a n/a 0 577
1999 554 4 0 5 4 n/a n/a 0 567
2000 553 3 2 6 3 n/a n/a 0 567
2001 543 4 2 4 4 n/a n/a 0 557
2002 487 9 7 9 6 n/a n/a 0 518
2003 487 9 7 9 6 n/a n/a 0 518
2004 484 12 6 12 11 n/a n/a 0 525
2005 448 12 4 12 14 n/a n/a 0 490
2006 419 19 4 15 11 n/a n/a 0 468
2007 404 13 3 35 11 n/a n/a 0 466
2008 391 14 8 40 11 n/a n/a 0 464
2009 388 13 22 46 11 n/a n/a 0 480
2010 348 15 35 40 12 n/a n/a 0 450
2011 340 10 61 42 10 0 1 0 464
2012 430 10 106 70 10 0 0 0 626
2013 317 4 113 54 7 0 0 0 495
2014 309 12 116 64 5 1 2 0 509
2015 315 12 121 77 8 1 2 0 536
2016 293 10 119 88 10 0 2 0 522
2017 279 10 111 95 7 1 4 0 507
2018 279 8 110 105 5 2 6 0 515
2019 280 13 109 125 9 5 10 0 551
2020 297 10 126 152 10 5 17 0 617
2021 290 9 114 167 12 4 19 0 615
2022 303 8 137 209 12 5 18 0 692
2023 282 6 148 222 18 2 17 0 695

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Huron Middle School - 02

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 577 37.2 15.5 n/a
1990 584 37.0 15.7 n/a
1991 591 35.2 16.7 n/a
1992 591 37.1 15.9 n/a
1993 610 40.1 15.2 n/a
1994 640 38.3 16.7 n/a
1995 609 40.2 15.1 n/a
1996 609 40.2 15.1 n/a
1997 600 38.3 15.7 18.2
1998 577 41.0 14.1 30
1999 567 36.6 15.5 33
2000 567 37.0 15.3 21.2
2001 557 35.2 15.8 31.2
2002 518 31.9 16.2 34
2003 518 31.9 16.2 34
2004 525 32.7 16.1 34.9
2005 490 31.4 15.6 34.7
2006 468 31.3 15.0 35
2007 466 31.4 14.8 34.3
2008 464 30.7 15.1 41.2
2009 480 31.6 15.1 40.2
2010 450 31.6 14.2 46.7
2011 464 29.5 15.7 47.4
2012 626 39.1 15.9 50.8
2013 495 42.8 11.5 53.3
2014 509 37.9 13.4 55
2015 536 33.0 16.2 56.7
2016 522 36.0 14.5 62.3
2017 507 33.8 14.9 58.6
2018 515 32.5 15.8 60.2
2019 551 34.2 16.0 56.8
2020 617 36.2 17.0 58.2
2021 615 36.2 16.9 50.4
2022 692 40.0 17.2 43.5
2023 695 42.3 16.4 58.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Huron Middle School - 02

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 577 37.2 15.5 n/a
1990 584 37.0 15.7 n/a
1991 591 35.2 16.7 n/a
1992 591 37.1 15.9 n/a
1993 610 40.1 15.2 n/a
1994 640 38.3 16.7 n/a
1995 609 40.2 15.1 n/a
1996 609 40.2 15.1 n/a
1997 600 38.3 15.7 18.2
1998 577 41.0 14.1 30
1999 567 36.6 15.5 33
2000 567 37.0 15.3 21.2
2001 557 35.2 15.8 31.2
2002 518 31.9 16.2 34
2003 518 31.9 16.2 34
2004 525 32.7 16.1 34.9
2005 490 31.4 15.6 34.7
2006 468 31.3 15.0 35
2007 466 31.4 14.8 34.3
2008 464 30.7 15.1 41.2
2009 480 31.6 15.1 40.2
2010 450 31.6 14.2 46.7
2011 464 29.5 15.7 47.4
2012 626 39.1 15.9 50.8
2013 495 42.8 11.5 53.3
2014 509 37.9 13.4 55
2015 536 33.0 16.2 56.7
2016 522 36.0 14.5 62.3
2017 507 33.8 14.9 58.6
2018 515 32.5 15.8 60.2
2019 551 34.2 16.0 56.8
2020 617 36.2 17.0 58.2
2021 615 36.2 16.9 50.4
2022 692 40.0 17.2 43.5
2023 695 42.3 16.4 58.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Huron Middle School - 02

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2020 $1,006 (10.9%) $8,255 (89.1%) $9,261
2021 $1,408 (13.8%) $8,815 (86.2%) $10,223
2022 $1,130 (11.2%) $8,966 (88.8%) $10,097
2023 $996 (9.0%) $10,093 (91.0%) $11,089

Data source: South Dakota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Huron Middle School - 02

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 76th of 149 Middle schoolsRanks 94th of 150 Middle schools
 11.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Huron Middle School - 02)48.137.9
 10.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Huron School District 02-2)46.937.5
 9.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)50.844.6
 6.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Huron Middle School - 02)39.629.8
 9.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Huron School District 02-2)38.129.2
 9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)41.339.1
 2.2%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Huron Middle School - 02)59.355
 4.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Huron School District 02-2)57.454.1
 3.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)54.150.7
 3.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Huron Middle School - 02)42.929.9
 13%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Huron School District 02-2)41.129.4
 11.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)45.641.2
 4.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Huron Middle School - 02)48.945.5
 3.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Huron School District 02-2)47.544.8
 2.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (South Dakota)52.148.8
 3.4%
8th Grade Mathematics (Huron Middle School - 02)51.143.1
 8.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Huron School District 02-2)49.742.5
 7.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (South Dakota)43.837.5
 6.3%
8th Grade Science (Huron Middle School - 02)43.236.4
 6.8%
   8th Grade Science (Huron School District 02-2)4235.9
 6.1%
   8th Grade Science (South Dakota)41.238.1
 3.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Huron Middle School - 02)52.246.1
 6.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Huron School District 02-2)45.441.5
 3.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (South Dakota)53.249.7
 3.5%
All Grades Mathematics (Huron Middle School - 02)44.433.9
 10.5%
   All Grades Mathematics (Huron School District 02-2)37.730.6
 7.1%
   All Grades Mathematics (South Dakota)44.941.9
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students551695
 26.1%
African American136
 53.8%
American Indian918
 100%
Asian109148
 35.8%
Hispanic125222
 77.6%
Pacific Islander52
 60%
White280282
 0.7%
Two or More Races1017
 70%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.8%58.6%
 1.8%


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Huron Middle School - 02 ranks 97th of 147 South Dakota middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 695 students attended Huron Middle School - 02.

Students at Huron Middle School - 02 are 41% White, 32% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 3% American Indian, 2% Two or more races.

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


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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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