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Best High Schools in Lead, SD

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At a glance

School

211

Students

Top rankedLead-Deadwood High School - 0186^th of 166 South Dakota high schools

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Summary:

The city of Lead, South Dakota is home to a single high school, Lead-Deadwood High School - 01, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has been inconsistent, with fluctuations in its statewide ranking and SchoolDigger rating over the past few school years.

Lead-Deadwood High School - 01 has shown some academic strengths, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts compared to the district and state averages. However, the school's performance in Mathematics and Science has been consistently below the district and state averages. The school's four-year graduation rate of 86.4% is slightly below the state average, while its dropout rate of 2.6% is relatively low.

Despite having access to more resources, as evidenced by its higher per-student spending and lower student-teacher ratio compared to the state average, the school's academic outcomes have not been consistently strong. Further investigation would be needed to identify the root causes of the school's strengths and weaknesses, as well as potential areas for improvement to better serve the students of Lead, South Dakota.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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 (2025)	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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lead-Deadwood High School - 01	Public	9-12	320 S Main St	Lead	57754	Lawrence County	Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 717-3899	211	20	10.7	19.4%	180 (85.3%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.7%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	54.4	86^th of 166 public high schools	48.2%		40.8	88^th of 141 public high schools	37.6%	2	61.5	32.7	48.1	$18,749	$535	$18,214

Cities Near Lead

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Deadwood	2.48 mi	1	123^rd
Spearfish	9.57 mi	9	91^st
Whitewood	10.19 mi	1	3^rd
Sturgis	12.98 mi	4	77^th
Nemo	14.48 mi	1	179^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.

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