Hanson High School - 01

Set in Alexandria, South Dakota, Hanson High School - 01 is an intimate 9-12 campus, operated by Hanson School District 30-1. It hosts 122 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 225.

Within Hanson School District 30-1, which oversees 6 schools and 384 students, Hanson High School - 01 is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hanson High School - 01 lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hanson County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Hanson High School - 01 has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. Roughly 13% of students at Hanson High School - 01 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hanson County (around 24%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hanson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,071 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Hanson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 602 students), of which Hanson High School - 01 is one.

Hanson Elementary - 06 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hanson High School - 01's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 104 (now 122). Class-load math has loosened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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