Garretson High School - 01

Located at 505 2nd St, in Garretson, South Dakota, Garretson High School - 01 is a modestly sized four-year high school that enrolls 142 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Garretson School District 49-4. Compared to the state average of about 225 students per school, that is 37% below typical.

Garretson School District 49-4 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 493 students. Garretson High School - 01 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Garretson High School - 01 lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Garretson High School - 01 has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 20.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at Garretson High School - 01 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Minnehaha County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Minnehaha County put the typical household earns roughly $76,880 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Minnehaha County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), of which Garretson High School - 01 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Garretson Middle School - 03, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Garretson High School - 01's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 159 (now 142). The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 7% to 1% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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