Chester High School - 01
Chester, SD · High School · Grades 9-12
Chester High School - 01 is a high school in Chester, SD with 116 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Chester Area School District 39-1. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Chester High School - 01 is a high school located in Chester, South Dakota. The school serves 116 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 84% graduation rate.
9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Chester High School - 01 is part of the Chester Area School District 39-1 in South Dakota.
How This School Compares
Chester High School - 01 has 116 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Chester Area School District 39-1 (82 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 7 percentage points above the district average of 66%. Compared to the South Dakota state average of 56%, the school performs 16 points higher. With a 12.9:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Chester High School - 01 has 116 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Chester High School - 01 meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Chester High School - 01 has a 84% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Chester High School - 01 is part of the Chester Area School District 39-1 in Chester, South Dakota. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.