Best High Schools in Bowdle, SD

Summary:

The city of Bowdle, South Dakota is home to a single high school, Bowdle High School - 01, which serves grades 9-12. The school has faced challenges in recent years, with fluctuating performance ratings and academic proficiency levels that lag behind the state average.

Bowdle High School - 01 has a statewide ranking that has ranged from 110th out of 138 schools in 2022-2023 to 164th out of 166 schools in 2024-2025. The school's performance rating by SchoolDigger has also been inconsistent, ranging from 0 stars out of 5 to 1 star out of 5. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had significantly lower proficiency rates compared to the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for 11th-grade students in English Language Arts (25% vs. 63.84%), Mathematics (0% vs. 36.27%), and Science (0% vs. 48.95%).

Despite its small student population of 38 students and a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio of 7.3 to 1, Bowdle High School - 01 faces additional challenges due to its high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (18.42%), indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The Bowdle School District 22-1 is also ranked 113th out of 147 school districts in South Dakota and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2025)	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Science 11th Grade	Total
Bowdle High School - 01	Public	9-12	3083 2nd Ave	Bowdle	57428	Edmunds County	Bowdle School District 22-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 285-6590	23	5	5.0	30.4%	22 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4.2	164^th of 166 public high schools	1.2%					(n/a)	25.0	0.0	0.0

Cities Near Bowdle

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Hosmer	12.58 mi	1	1^st
Roscoe	15.53 mi	3	133^rd
Hoven	15.8 mi	3	37^th
Selby	18.54 mi	3	27^th
Eureka	21.96 mi	3	88^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the South Dakota Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.