Custer High School - 01

Custer High School - 01 is a mid-sized high school in Custer School District 16-1, located in Custer, South Dakota. The school has 272 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 21% larger than the 225-student average for high schools in South Dakota.

Custer School District 16-1 enrolls 887 students, and its 6 schools include Custer High School - 01.

Of every 100 students at Custer High School - 01, about 85 are White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.

There are 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.7:1. Across high schools in South Dakota, the average ratio is 20.6:1. Of all students at Custer High School - 01, 27% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Custer County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $84,112 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Custer County number 8, with about 903 students.

Among nearby public schools, Custer Jr. High - 05 is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Custer High School - 01.

Custer High School - 01 is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.

Enrollment was 272 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 282.

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