Wilmot High School - 01

Wilmot High School - 01, a very small high school in Wilmot, South Dakota, operated by Wilmot School District 54-7, works with 64 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 225 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

Wilmot School District 54-7 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 234 students; Wilmot High School - 01 is among them.

On demographics, Wilmot High School - 01 shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Native American, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Roberts County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Roberts County) records that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Roberts County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,162 students), of which Wilmot High School - 01 is one.

Wilmot Elementary - 02 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 72 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025.

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