Crazy Horse School

Crazy Horse School is a K-12 campus of moderately sized scale in Wanblee, South Dakota, one of the schools within Crazy Horse School, works with 270 students in grades K through 12.

Crazy Horse School sits inside Crazy Horse School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Crazy Horse School shows that nearly all students (100%) are Native American.

On the resource side, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jackson County (around 72%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $35,417, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 40% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 547 students), of which Crazy Horse School is one.

Longvalley Elementary - 10 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.4 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.