Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09

Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09 operates as a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Spearfish, South Dakota, run under Spearfish School District 40-2. Current enrollment sits at 2 students spanning grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 99% smaller than the state mean of about 187.

Across the 7 schools in Spearfish School District 40-2 (2,398 students total), Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09 logs that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 50% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09 has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 0.8:1. The state averages around 13.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate median household income runs about $73,384, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09 is one of 14 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 3,183 students).

Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills High School - 10 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Spearfish Academy at Canyon Hills Elementary - 09's enrollment has edged down 80% since 2018, when it stood at 10 (now 2). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 80% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 0.8:1 today.

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