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White River High School - 01

Public Grades 9-12
127th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 130 South Dakota High Schools
Better than 2% of South Dakota high schools
Summary

White River High School - 01 serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 112 students in White River, South Dakota, in White River School District 47-1. In 2025–2026, 11th-grade proficiency was 18% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 14% in Math, compared with 48% and 34% statewide. The main academic concern is that results in both subjects are substantially below state levels: gaps of 30 points in ELA and 20 points in Math.

Compared with the one nearby school supplied, Todd County High School - 01, White River has a small ELA edge: 18% proficient versus 15%; its ELA and Math results match its district. Math results were not available for a school-to-school comparison. Graduation is also below state and nearby-school rates: White River was at 65% in 2025–2026, versus 88% statewide and 68% at Todd County. White River’s 4% dropout rate was above the state’s 2%, but below the district’s 5% and Todd County’s 9%.

Recent results show some improvement, but the longer-term picture remains mixed: graduation rose from 59% in 2024–2025 to 65% in 2025–2026, yet was down 10 points from 2021–2022. SchoolDigger ranked White River at the 2nd percentile with 0 stars in 2025–2026; its district ranked 121st of 126. In 2024–2025, White River’s student–teacher ratio was 9.3, compared with 13 at Todd County. As context, 97% of White River students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025; Todd County’s separate measure was 97% directly certified for free meals, and it is flagged as likely having all students receive free meals under Community Eligibility. SchoolDigger’s Native American Students ranking was notably higher than the school’s overall ranking—40th percentile versus 2nd in 2025–2026—but had fallen 16 points since 2023–2024. White River’s Science scores are suppressed, so a school-level comparison is not available.

112
Students ?
9.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,338
Per pupil spending ?
97.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 501 E 3rd St
       White River, SD  57579

(605) 259-3136

District: White River School District 47-1

Racial breakdown:

American Indian:
83.0%
White:
11.6%
Two or more races:
5.4%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the South Dakota average (16% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Graduation rate below the South Dakota average (65% vs 88%)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school16%
District avg17%
South Dakota avg42%
127th of 130
South Dakota public high schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 2 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
121st of 126White River School District 47-1 among South Dakota districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
20263.5127 of 1302.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.5156 of 1666.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.9125 of 14111.3%★☆☆☆☆
202311.1125 of 1389.4%★☆☆☆☆
202216.1119 of 13411.2%★☆☆☆☆
202112.7127 of 1409.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.5126 of 1356.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.1132 of 1384.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201723.4112 of 13718.2%★☆☆☆☆
20165.4135 of 1414.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201537.091 of 13331.6%★★☆☆☆
20130.6140 of 1442.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201211.9130 of 1439.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20114.2135 of 1414.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20100.5147 of 1502.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20095.1138 of 1444.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200815.9122 of 1359.6%★☆☆☆☆
20072.0135 of 1414.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20062.1132 of 1362.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200518.0125 of 1378.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200414.8120 of 1329.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20036.7127 of 1334.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202610.589 of 967.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.7155 of 1645.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.485 of 938.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202228.570 of 8416.7%★☆☆☆☆
20219.282 of 897.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.477 of 826.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202618.834 of 4015.0%★☆☆☆☆
202526.4126 of 15418.2%★☆☆☆☆
202430.734 of 4829.2%★★☆☆☆
202332.736 of 4621.7%★☆☆☆☆
202240.316 of 2536.0%★★☆☆☆
202137.422 of 3740.5%★★☆☆☆
201932.832 of 4427.3%★★☆☆☆
201816.046 of 5313.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202612.891 of 954.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.0150 of 1627.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.394 of 10712.1%★☆☆☆☆
20233.893 of 963.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.680 of 878.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.582 of 897.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.381 of 888.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.187 of 903.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202525.767 of 8924.7%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202639.76 of 1040.0%★★☆☆☆
202543.341 of 8350.6%★★★☆☆
202444.87 of 1656.3%★★★☆☆
202342.38 of 1650.0%★★★☆☆
202246.36 of 1145.5%★★★☆☆
202139.59 of 1747.1%★★★☆☆
201939.411 of 1838.9%★★☆☆☆
201826.613 of 1931.6%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202530.683 of 14040.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankSouth Dakota percentileRating
202519.7145 of 1588.2%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2025)41st percentile+35 vs school
Native American (2026)40th percentile+38 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)25th percentile+19 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)15th percentile+13 vs school
White (2025)8th percentile~ school
Female (2026)7th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
By subject vs South Dakota (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts18%-30 vs state
Mathematics14%-20 vs state

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Students at White River High School - 01 are 83% American Indian, 12% White, 5% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 112 students attended White River High School - 01.

White River High School - 01 ranks in the bottom 2.3% of South Dakota high schools.

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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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