Alcester-Hudson High School - 01

Alcester-Hudson High School - 01 is a public low-enrollment high school in Alcester, South Dakota. The school counted 99 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 56% below the average for high schools in South Dakota.

Alcester-Hudson High School - 01 is a school in Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1. The district has 4 schools and 351 students.

Of every 100 students at Alcester-Hudson High School - 01, about 91 are White. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Union County at about 90% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 17, compared with 70 nationally.

Alcester-Hudson High School - 01 has 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.3:1. The school's 11.3:1 compares with an average of 20.6:1 for high schools in South Dakota. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%.

Census data for Union County show the median household earns about $89,636 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Union County number 14, with about 3,037 students.

Measured in a straight line, Alcester-Hudson Preschool - 05 is less than a tenth of a mile from Alcester-Hudson High School - 01. Other public schools within five miles: 3.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% increase, from 96 to 99.

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