Eagle Butte
Oglala Lakota Improved as Reservation-Community Districts Still Led South Dakota's Absence List
Oglala Lakota County lowered its chronic-absence rate by 11.3 percentage points from 2022 to 2025. The improvement moved the district from 68.3% to 57.0%, even though its rate remained among South Dak...
Attendance Improved for Native Students and Students Identified as Homeless; South Dakota's Gaps Remain Wide
Attendance improved for two South Dakota student groups carrying the state's highest chronic-absence rates. The Native American rate fell 3.5 percentage points from 2022 to 2025, while the rate for st...
Eagle Butte's Attendance Rate Made South Dakota's Sharpest One-Year Shift
Eagle Butte reported a 22.2% chronic-absence rate in 2022. One year later, the rate was 68.0%—a 45.8-percentage-point increase and 3.1 times its previous level.
A High School That Didn't Exist Built Pine Ridge's 49% Enrollment Surge
In a state where most districts are shrinking, one school district on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation grew by 564 students between 2007 and 2025, a 49.4% increase. The Oglala Lakota County School Di...