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Brandon Valley Middle School 02

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
700 Holly Blvd
Brandon, SD 57005
Phone
(605) 582-3214
District
BRANDON VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-2
County
MINNEHAHA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
707
Classroom Teachers
41

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Dakota

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.2% of all SD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Brandon Valley Middle School 02 Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
64%
46%
71%
50%
57%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
17
18
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 358 50.6%
Grade 8 349 49.4%
Total 707 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.0% 89.9% 73.0%
Black 4.8% 3.7% 3.4%
Hispanic 3.4% 3.7% 7.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 1.7% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 1.0% 14.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.0% 8.5% 30.9%
Free lunch eligible 8.1% 6.0% 28.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.0% 2.5% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 21,433 909,824
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 173.2 11
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.2% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.6% 20.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.9% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.7% 23.7%
65 OR OLDER 11.5% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,596 351,182
Single Parent Households With Children 7.1% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.5% 92.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.9% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.1% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.8% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.8% 15.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.9% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.8% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.1% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 2.4% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,349 $23,658,627 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $502 $2,220,346 4.9%
Staff $227 $1,004,021 2.2%
General Administration $179 $791,717 1.7%
School Administration $430 $1,901,890 4.2%
Operation $912 $4,033,776 8.9%
Transportation $352 $1,556,896 3.4%
Other $121 $535,183 1.2%
Total Support $2,723 $12,043,829 26.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,207 $9,761,561 21.5%
Total Expenditures $10,279 $45,464,017 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,772 $842,368,526 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $562 $82,003,693 4.7%
Staff $368 $53,681,973 3.1%
General Administration $345 $50,407,118 2.9%
School Administration $494 $72,075,276 4.1%
Operation $1,000 $145,918,140 8.4%
Transportation $347 $50,657,359 2.9%
Other $365 $53,316,564 3.1%
Total Support $3,481 $508,051,681 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,661 $388,386,901 22.3%
Total Expenditures $11,914 $1,738,828,946 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%