Milbank High School - 01

Set in Milbank, South Dakota, Milbank High School - 01 is a medium-sized four-year high school, overseen by Milbank School District 25-4. It educates 333 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 225 students per school, that is 48% above typical.

Milbank School District 25-4 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 973 students. Milbank High School - 01 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Milbank High School - 01 reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Grant County put median household income runs about $75,028, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Milbank High School - 01 is one of 7 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 1,072 students).

Milbank Middle School - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Milbank High School - 01.

Milbank High School - 01 operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 335 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 82%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.