Total enrollment
4,233
-283 (-6%) vs SY 2017-18
10 schools in Aberdeen School District 06-1
South Dakota · 4,241 students · 1 city
10 public K-12 schools operate under Aberdeen School District 06-1 in South Dakota, teaching roughly 4,241 students (6 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high).
7-year change in Aberdeen School District 06-1
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
9
-2 (-18%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
70%
was 79%
% Hispanic
11%
was 5%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central High School - 01 | Aberdeen | High | 09-12 | 1,384 |
| Holgate Middle School - 02 | Aberdeen | Middle | 06-08 | 497 |
| Simmons Middle School - 03 | Aberdeen | Middle | 06-08 | 464 |
| Simmons Elementary - 10 | Aberdeen | Elementary | KG-05 | 386 |
| C C Lee Elementary - 05 | Aberdeen | Elementary | KG-05 | 356 |
| May Overby Elementary - 09 | Aberdeen | Elementary | KG-05 | 327 |
| O M Tiffany Elementary - 11 | Aberdeen | Elementary | KG-05 | 304 |
| Mike Miller Elementary - 07 | Aberdeen | Elementary | KG-05 | 282 |
| Lincoln Elementary - 08 | Aberdeen | Elementary | PK-05 | 233 |
| New Beginnings - 89 | Aberdeen | High | 05-12 | 8 |
About Aberdeen School District 06-1
As a mid-sized district in South Dakota, Aberdeen School District 06-1 serves 4,241 students across 10 schools.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Aberdeen School District 06-1 covers 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools.
Per-school enrollment averages around 424 in this district, meaningfully above the South Dakota typical of 208.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 6%: 4,516 students in SY 2017-18 versus 4,233 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 11 to 9 across the same 7-year window. On the demographic side, White enrollment moved from 79% to 70% over the same window.
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