Beresford High School - 01

Beresford High School - 01 is a moderately sized secondary school in Beresford, South Dakota, overseen by Beresford School District 61-2. The school serves 222 students in grades 9 through 12.

Beresford School District 61-2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 648 students; Beresford High School - 01 is among them.

On the student-mix side, Beresford High School - 01 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic. Compared to Union County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Beresford High School - 01 has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,636, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,037 students), Beresford High School - 01 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beresford Middle School - 03, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Beresford High School - 01's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 218 (now 222).

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