Hill City High School - 01

Hill City High School - 01 is a public small high school in Hill City, South Dakota. Its 158 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 30% smaller than the 225 average for high schools in South Dakota.

Hill City School District 51-2 is the district for Hill City High School - 01. It has 3 schools and 520 students.

Hill City High School - 01 is 72% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Dividing enrollment by its 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. That is lower than the 20.6:1 average for high schools in South Dakota. Eligible students account for 19% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Pennington County average 41%.

Pennington County has these Census figures: the median household income is $74,517, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pennington County is home to 41 public schools and about 16,186 public school students.

The closest other public school is Hill City Middle School - 04, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools.

The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school enrolled 158 students in 2024-25, 10 fewer than the 168 it had in 2020-21.

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