Turtle Creek High School - 04

Turtle Creek High School - 04, a tiny senior high in Redfield, South Dakota, overseen by Redfield School District 56-4, caters to 8 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 96% leaner than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 225 students.

Redfield School District 56-4 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 523 students. Turtle Creek High School - 04 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Turtle Creek High School - 04 logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 25% Native American, 13% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

In terms of school funding signals, Turtle Creek High School - 04 logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Spink County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,139, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Spink County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,155 students), Turtle Creek High School - 04 is one campus in the mix.

Redfield Elementary - 03 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Turtle Creek High School - 04's enrollment has shrank 47% since 2018, when it stood at 15 (now 8). The White share of enrollment decreased from 87% to 63% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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