High Schools in Belle Fourche School District 09-1

Summary:

The Belle Fourche School District 09-1 in South Dakota is home to two high schools: Belle Fourche High School - 01 and Belle Fourche Education Connection - 09. While both schools serve high school students, they exhibit notable differences in their performance and characteristics.

Belle Fourche High School - 01 appears to be the stronger performing school, with higher statewide rankings, better test scores, and a higher graduation rate compared to Belle Fourche Education Connection - 09. The latter is a smaller school with only 35 students, and it has significantly lower test scores and a lower statewide ranking.

Both schools had a 86.4% four-year graduation rate and a 2.6% dropout rate in 2024-2025. However, Belle Fourche High School - 01 outperformed the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science proficiency for 11th-grade students, while Belle Fourche Education Connection - 09 had lower proficiency rates in those subjects. The spending per student was also slightly higher at Belle Fourche High School - 01, at $10,588 compared to $9,666 at Belle Fourche Education Connection - 09.

District Detail

2305 13th Ave
Belle Fourche, SD 57717

(605) 723-3355

SchoolDigger Rank:
84^th of 147 South Dakota districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 1,239

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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	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
Belle Fourche High School - 01	Public	9-12	1301 12th Ave	Belle Fourche	57717	Butte County	Belle Fourche School District 09-1	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(605) 723-3350	389	27	14.5	32.1%	336 (86.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.1%)	55.8	83^rd of 166 public high schools	50.0%		50.3	74^th of 141 public high schools	47.5%	9	66.7	29.9	48.3	$10,921	$452	$10,468

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Spearfish School District 40-2	10.81 mi	7	75^th
Black Hills Special Services Cooperative	12.47 mi	3
Meade School District 46-1	17.22 mi	11	65^th
Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1	20.68 mi	4	106^th
Newell School District 09-2	20.76 mi	3	82^nd

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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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