Tiospa Zina Tribal School

As a heavily attended unified-grade school in Agency Village, South Dakota, Tiospa Zina Tribal School caters to 546 students from grades K through 12, overseen by Tiospa Zina Tribal School. Enrollment runs roughly 73% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

Tiospa Zina Tribal School is the operating authority for Tiospa Zina Tribal School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Tiospa Zina Tribal School logs that nearly all students (100%) are Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Tiospa Zina Tribal School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Tiospa Zina Tribal School qualify 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Roberts County indicate median household income runs about $65,130, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Roberts County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,162 students), Tiospa Zina Tribal School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westside Elementary - 03, around 7.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 546 in 2025.

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