SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of very small scale in Dickinson, North Dakota, one of the schools within DICKINSON 1, educateing 48 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in North Dakota, which averages around 220 students.

Within DICKINSON 1, which oversees 12 schools and 4,177 students, SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.1:1, putting SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Stark County) logs that median household earnings sit near $84,449, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Stark County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,206 students), SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ROUGHRIDER HIGH VIRTUAL ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL has increased 92%, going from 25 students in 2018 to 48 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 24% to 17%. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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