Gettysburg High School - 01

Gettysburg High School - 01 is one of the very small secondary schools in Gettysburg, South Dakota, one of the schools within Gettysburg School District 53-1, with 72 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 225 students.

Gettysburg School District 53-1 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 214 students; Gettysburg High School - 01 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Gettysburg High School - 01 shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% Native American.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gettysburg High School - 01 records 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Potter County runs at roughly 27%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Potter County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,045, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Potter County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 326 students), Gettysburg High School - 01 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gettysburg Middle School - 03, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Gettysburg High School - 01 operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Gettysburg High School - 01's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 72). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Gettysburg High School - 01 typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.