New Underwood High School - 01

New Underwood High School - 01 is an intimate 9-12 campus in New Underwood, South Dakota, run under New Underwood School District 51-3. The school teaches 92 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% smaller than the state mean of about 225.

Within New Underwood School District 51-3, which oversees 3 schools and 280 students, New Underwood High School - 01 is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, New Underwood High School - 01 records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 2% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, New Underwood High School - 01 has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at New Underwood High School - 01 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Pennington County's rate of about 41%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pennington County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,517 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Pennington County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,186 students), New Underwood High School - 01 is one campus in the mix.

New Underwood 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.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. New Underwood High School - 01's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 94 (now 92). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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