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Tea Area High School - 03

๐Ÿ“ 500 W Brian St, Tea, Lincoln County, 57064

610
Pupils
17.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Tea Area High School - 03 is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Tea, Lincoln County. The school has 610 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Collin Knudson. It is part of the Tea Area School District 41-5 school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Collin Knudson
School district
Tea Area School District 41-5

Enrollment & staffing

Tea Area High School - 03 enrolls 610 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.

Male students
329 (54%)
Female students
281 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
34.6
Student-teacher ratio
17.6:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White52686%
Hispanic or Latino365.9%
Two or more races254.1%
Black or African American142.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native5<1%
Asian3<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

55 of the school's 610 students (9%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 31 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, FringeGrades 9โ€“12Supplemental Virtual

Tea Area High School - 03 is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SD At-Large, state senate district 6, state house district 6.

School district: Tea Area School District 41-5

Tea Area High School - 03 is one of 6 schools in Tea Area School District 41-5, based in Tea, South Dakota. The district serves 2,509 students district-wide and employs 140 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 610 students, Tea Area High School - 03 is larger than the district average of about 418 students per school.

2,509
District students
6
Schools
140
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

77%
Reading proficient
57%
Math proficient
97%
Graduation rate
3%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Dual enrollment โญ Gifted program

Setting: Town - Fringe

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