Sanborn Central High School - 01

Sanborn Central High School - 01 is a small high school in Forestburg, South Dakota, under Sanborn Central School District 55-5. The school enrolls 33 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in South Dakota is about 225, so this school runs 85% smaller than that.

District-wide, Sanborn Central School District 55-5 has 4 schools and 212 students.

White students make up 94% of enrollment at Sanborn Central High School - 01. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Sanborn County as a whole is similar, at about 93%.

Federal data list 6.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sanborn Central High School - 01 in 2024-25, for a ratio of 5.4:1. That is 15.2 students per teacher below the 20.6:1 average for high schools in South Dakota. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 21%. Across public schools in Sanborn County, the average is 31%.

Census Bureau estimates for Sanborn County show that the median household income is $78,750, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 6 public schools in Sanborn County, enrolling about 484 students in all.

The closest public school to Sanborn Central High School - 01 is Sanborn Central Elementary - 06, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Sanborn Central High School - 01 is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

The school enrolled 33 students in 2024-25, 10 fewer than the 43 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 8.6:1 in 2020-21 to 5.4:1 in 2024-25.

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