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Spearfish High School 01

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1725 N Main
Spearfish, SD 57783
Phone
(605) 717-1212
District
SPEARFISH SCHOOL DISTRICT 40-2
County
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
751
Classroom Teachers
44

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to South Dakota

8

(10 is best)

Better than 71.2% of all SD schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Spearfish High School 01 Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
60%
52%
67%
64%
52%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 221 29.4%
Grade 10 189 25.2%
Grade 11 165 22.0%
Grade 12 176 23.4%
Total 751 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.9% 90.5% 73.0%
Black 0.4% 0.6% 3.4%
Hispanic 5.4% 5.1% 7.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 1.3% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.7% 2.5% 14.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 8.4% 11.9% 30.9%
Free lunch eligible 7.9% 11.5% 28.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.5% 0.4% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,431 909,824
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 72.0 11
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.1% 6.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.0% 20.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.8% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 23.7%
65 OR OLDER 20.7% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,274 351,182
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.3% 92.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.8% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.1% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.9% 17.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 15.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.8% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.9% 16.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.5% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 8.7% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,391 $12,868,317 60.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $497 $1,186,339 5.5%
Staff $216 $515,592 2.4%
General Administration $240 $572,880 2.7%
School Administration $483 $1,152,921 5.4%
Operation $668 $1,594,516 7.4%
Transportation $164 $391,468 1.8%
Other $197 $470,239 2.2%
Total Support $2,465 $5,883,955 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,114 $2,659,118 12.4%
Total Expenditures $8,970 $21,411,390 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,772 $842,368,526 48.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $562 $82,003,693 4.7%
Staff $368 $53,681,973 3.1%
General Administration $345 $50,407,118 2.9%
School Administration $494 $72,075,276 4.1%
Operation $1,000 $145,918,140 8.4%
Transportation $347 $50,657,359 2.9%
Other $365 $53,316,564 3.1%
Total Support $3,481 $508,051,681 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,661 $388,386,901 22.3%
Total Expenditures $11,914 $1,738,828,946 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%