Hamlin High School - 01

Hamlin High School - 01 operates as a moderately sized four-year high school in Hayti, South Dakota, one of the schools within Hamlin School District 28-3. Current enrollment sits at 226 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Hamlin High School - 01 is one of 3 schools operated by Hamlin School District 28-3, a district that serves 896 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hamlin High School - 01 logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic. Compared to Hamlin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hamlin High School - 01 shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hamlin County put the typical household earns roughly $87,101 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Hamlin County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,533 students), of which Hamlin High School - 01 is one.

Hamlin Elementary - 09 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Hamlin High School - 01.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 205 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.