Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Bison Junior High - 04, Bison, SD

Bison Junior High - 04 is a public middle school in Bison, part of Bison School District 52-1. It enrolled 18 students in 2024-25, with 18.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Bison Jr. High - 04".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 18
Teachers (FTE): 1.0
Students per teacher: 18.0
Grades: 7 to 8

This school's ratio is 9.6 higher than the district figure of 8.4. The South Dakota average across schools is 14.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.0

District8.4

South Dakota14.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 200 E Carr St, Bison, SD 57620
Phone: (605)244-5271
District: Bison School District 52-1
County: Perkins County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 460705000879

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 3
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 316.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.