Spearfish High School - 01

Spearfish High School - 01 operates as a well-populated high school in Spearfish, South Dakota, operated by Spearfish School District 40-2. Current enrollment sits at 787 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 225 students per school, that is 250% larger than typical.

Spearfish School District 40-2 comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,398 students; Spearfish High School - 01 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Spearfish High School - 01 records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lawrence County) records that median household earnings sit near $73,384, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lawrence County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,183 students), of which Spearfish High School - 01 is one.

The closest other public school is Spearfish Middle School - 05, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Spearfish High School - 01.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spearfish High School - 01 has expanded 26%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 787 in 2025.

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