Madison High School - 01

Madison High School - 01, a high-enrollment four-year high school in Madison, South Dakota, run under Madison Central School District 39-2, educates 384 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, South Dakota's public schools average about 225 students each, so Madison High School - 01 sits 71% bigger than that benchmark.

Madison Central School District 39-2 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,169 students. Madison High School - 01 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Madison High School - 01 reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Madison High School - 01 has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at Madison High School - 01 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $76,808 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,009 students), of which Madison High School - 01 is one.

Madison Middle School - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 396 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.