Edgemont High School - 01

Edgemont High School - 01, a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Edgemont, South Dakota, overseen by Edgemont School District 23-1, enrolls 26 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 225 students each, so Edgemont High School - 01 sits 88% smaller than that benchmark.

Edgemont High School - 01 is one of 2 schools operated by Edgemont School District 23-1, a district that enrolls 119 students overall.

Demographically, Edgemont High School - 01 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Fall River County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Edgemont High School - 01 has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.6:1, putting Edgemont High School - 01 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fall River County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fall River County put the typical household earns roughly $67,917 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Edgemont High School - 01 is one of 8 public schools in Fall River County (combined enrollment of about 953 students).

The closest other public school is Edgemont Elementary - 03, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 47%: 49 students in 2018 compared to 26 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

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