Woonsocket High School - 01

Woonsocket High School - 01 is a modestly sized senior high in Woonsocket, South Dakota, part of Woonsocket School District 55-4. The school instructs 91 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 225 students.

Across the 2 schools in Woonsocket School District 55-4 (272 students total), Woonsocket High School - 01 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Woonsocket High School - 01 lists that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Woonsocket High School - 01 has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.6:1 average. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sanborn County) records that median household earnings sit near $78,750, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Sanborn County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 484 students), Woonsocket High School - 01 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woonsocket Elementary - 03, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 32%: 69 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.