Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02

Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is a tiny 6-8 campus in Tulare, South Dakota, overseen by Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6. The school teaches 19 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 187 students each, so Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 sits 90% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6, which oversees 5 schools and 236 students, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%).

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.4:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Spink County) records that median household earnings sit near $70,139, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Spink County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,155 students), of which Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 is one.

The closest other public school is Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02 comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Hitchcock-Tulare Jr. High School - 02's enrollment has shrank 41% since 2018, when it stood at 32 (now 19). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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