Kimball High School - 01

Kimball High School - 01 is an one-room-style high school in Kimball, South Dakota, operated by Kimball School District 07-2. The school enrolls 84 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 225 students each, so Kimball High School - 01 sits 63% below that benchmark.

Within Kimball School District 07-2, which oversees 5 schools and 347 students, Kimball High School - 01 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Kimball High School - 01 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kimball High School - 01 has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.6:1, putting Kimball High School - 01 tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brule County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Brule County put the typical household earns roughly $73,720 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Brule County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,249 students), of which Kimball High School - 01 is one.

Kimball Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kimball High School - 01 has climbed 15%, going from 73 students in 2018 to 84 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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