Flandreau Indian Boarding School

Flandreau Indian Boarding School, a small four-year high school in Flandreau, South Dakota, overseen by Flandreau Indian Boarding School, enrolls 149 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 225.

Flandreau Indian Boarding School is a school of Flandreau Indian Boarding School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Flandreau Indian Boarding School reports that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Flandreau Indian Boarding School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Moody County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Moody County put median household earnings sit near $78,427, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Moody County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,193 students), Flandreau Indian Boarding School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Flandreau Elementary - 04, roughly 0.8 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Flandreau Indian Boarding School's enrollment has shrank 53% since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 149).

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