Summit High School - 01

As an one-room-style high school in Summit, South Dakota, Summit High School - 01 works with 50 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Summit School District 54-6. That puts it 78% smaller than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 225 students.

Summit School District 54-6 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 182 students; Summit High School - 01 is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Summit High School - 01 logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Native American, 14% multiracial. Compared to Roberts County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Summit High School - 01 has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.6:1, putting Summit High School - 01 tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Roberts County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Roberts County put median household income runs about $65,130, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Summit High School - 01 is one of 13 public schools in Roberts County (combined enrollment of about 2,162 students).

Nearest neighbor: Summit Elementary - 02, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Summit High School - 01 operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 51 students in 2018 compared to 50 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 76% to 60%.

On the community side, members of the Summit High School - 01 community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.