Custer High School - 01
Custer, SD · High School · Grades 9-12
Custer High School - 01 is a high school in Custer, SD with 284 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Custer School District 16-1. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Custer High School - 01 is a high school located in Custer, South Dakota. The school serves 284 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 82% graduation rate.
16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Custer High School - 01 is part of the Custer School District 16-1 in South Dakota.
How This School Compares
Custer High School - 01 has 284 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Custer School District 16-1 (228 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 10 percentage points above the district average of 61%. Compared to the South Dakota state average of 56%, the school performs 15 points higher. With a 12.9:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Custer High School - 01 has 284 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at Custer High School - 01 meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Custer High School - 01 has a 82% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Custer High School - 01 is part of the Custer School District 16-1 in Custer, 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.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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.