Redfield High School - 01

Redfield High School - 01 is a cozy high school in Redfield, South Dakota, one of the schools within Redfield School District 56-4. The school caters to 153 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 225 students per school, that is 32% below typical.

Redfield School District 56-4 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 523 students; Redfield High School - 01 is among them.

In terms of who attends, Redfield High School - 01 lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Spink County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at Redfield High School - 01 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Spink County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,139, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Redfield High School - 01 is one of 22 public schools in Spink County (combined enrollment of about 1,155 students).

The closest other public school is Redfield Elementary - 03, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Redfield High School - 01.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Redfield High School - 01 has declined 9%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 153 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 91%. Class-load math has fell: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.