Lake Preston High School - 01

Set in Lake Preston, South Dakota, Lake Preston High School - 01 is an one-room-style four-year high school, one of the schools within Lake Preston School District 38-3. It instructs 41 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 225 students.

Lake Preston High School - 01 is one of 3 schools operated by Lake Preston School District 38-3, a district that educates 170 students overall.

On demographics, Lake Preston High School - 01 shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Kingsbury County reports that median household income runs about $74,000, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Preston High School - 01 is one of 17 public schools in Kingsbury County (combined enrollment of about 1,061 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lake Preston Middle School - 03, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lake Preston High School - 01.

Lake Preston High School - 01 operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 24%: 54 students in 2018 compared to 41 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Lake Preston High School - 01 typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.