Castlewood High School - 01

Castlewood High School - 01 operates as a tight-knit senior high in Castlewood, South Dakota, one of the schools within Castlewood School District 28-1. Current enrollment sits at 112 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 225 students.

Across the 4 schools in Castlewood School District 28-1 (345 students total), Castlewood High School - 01 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Castlewood High School - 01 records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hamlin County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Castlewood High School - 01 logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. The state averages around 20.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at Castlewood High School - 01 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hamlin County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hamlin County) shows that median household earnings sit near $87,101, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hamlin County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,533 students), Castlewood High School - 01 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Castlewood Middle School - 03, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Castlewood High School - 01.

Castlewood High School - 01 operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Castlewood High School - 01's enrollment has grew 35% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 112). The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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