Dupree Jr. High - 04

As a very small intermediate school in Dupree, South Dakota, Dupree Jr. High - 04 educates 52 students from grades 7 through 8, part of Dupree School District 64-2. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 187 students.

Dupree School District 64-2 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 366 students. Dupree Jr. High - 04 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Dupree Jr. High - 04 records that nearly all students (90%) are Native American. The remainder looks like 4% White.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dupree Jr. High - 04 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.1%; this one delivers 16.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Ziebach County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $53,958 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 32%. In all, Ziebach County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 800 students), of which Dupree Jr. High - 04 is one.

The closest other public school is Dupree High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dupree Jr. High - 04 has declined 13%, going from 60 students in 2018 to 52 in 2025.

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