Wolsey Wessington High School - 01

As a compact 9-12 campus in Wolsey, South Dakota, Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 works with 96 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6. Compared to the state average of about 225 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

Within Wolsey Wessington School District 02-6, which oversees 3 schools and 316 students, Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Beadle County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Beadle County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Beadle County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,681 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Beadle County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,544 students), Wolsey Wessington High School - 01 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Wolsey Wessington High School - 01's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 109 (now 96). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.