Brandon Valley High School - 01

Brandon Valley High School - 01 is a large high school for students in Brandon, South Dakota. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,381 students. The average for high schools in South Dakota is about 225 students, so this school is 514% larger than average.

Federal data list 8 schools in Brandon Valley School District 49-2, with 5,182 students enrolled.

Brandon Valley High School - 01's enrollment is 85% White. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at Brandon Valley High School - 01 total 67.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.5:1. For comparison, high schools in South Dakota average 20.6:1. The school counts 197 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 14%. Among public schools in Minnehaha County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.

Federal survey data for Minnehaha County show that the median household income is $76,880, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Minnehaha County is home to 83 public schools and about 34,919 public school students.

The nearest other public school, Brandon Valley Middle School - 02, is about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.

Enrollment has grown by 62 students since 2020-21, to 1,381. Students per teacher fell from 22.0 in 2020-21 to 20.5 in 2024-25.

Community posts for Brandon Valley High School - 01 can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.