Dakota Valley High School - 01

Dakota Valley High School - 01 is a high-enrollment high school with an address in North Sioux City, South Dakota. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 431 students. Against the 225-student average for high schools in South Dakota, enrollment here is 92% higher.

Dakota Valley School District 61-8 operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,341 students.

White students make up a majority at Dakota Valley High School - 01, at 80%. Next come 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 90% White among all Union County residents. Dakota Valley High School - 01's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.

A ratio of 16.4:1 comes from the school's 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.2 students per teacher below the 20.6:1 average for high schools in South Dakota. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 13% in 2024-25.

According to the American Community Survey, in Union County, the median household income is $89,636, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Dakota Valley High School - 01 is one of 14 public schools in the county.

Dakota Valley Upper Elementary - 04 is the public school closest to Dakota Valley High School - 01, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.

Enrollment climbed 9% from its 2020-21 level of 396.

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