Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01

Set in Emery, South Dakota, Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 is a modestly sized high school, one of the schools within Bridgewater-Emery 30-3. It enrolls 100 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 225.

Within Bridgewater-Emery 30-3, which oversees 3 schools and 328 students, Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Hanson County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.6:1, putting Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hanson County runs at roughly 24%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hanson County indicate median household income runs about $81,071, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hanson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 602 students), of which Bridgewater-Emery High School - 01 is one.

Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 101 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window.

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