Kadoka Area High School - 01

Kadoka Area High School - 01 operates as a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Kadoka, South Dakota, part of Kadoka Area School District 35-2. Current enrollment sits at 71 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 225 students each, so Kadoka Area High School - 01 sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

Kadoka Area High School - 01 is one of 6 schools operated by Kadoka Area School District 35-2, a district that enrolls 283 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Kadoka Area High School - 01 shows that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school records 31% Native American, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $35,417 per year, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 40%. Kadoka Area High School - 01 is one of 6 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 547 students).

Kadoka Middle School - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Kadoka Area High School - 01.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 76 students in 2018 compared to 71 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 58% to 63%.

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