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SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

Dickinson · ND · DICKINSON 1 · Public

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 11% by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 30% (Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL compares for families

What families should know about SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.

  • LocallyND students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+9 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Trinity Elementary North School, Trinity Catholic Schools, DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 11% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
7
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
14.6
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 6% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
30%
Range: 21–39%
4-year cohort size
30
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
0%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +8.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 48 students:

2025
52
2027
61
2029
71

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Trinity Elementary North School
Dickinson
Private 0.6 560 +112.9%
Trinity Catholic Schools
Dickinson
Private 0.6 562 +23.5%
DICKINSON HIGH SCHOOL
Dickinson
Public 0.8 1,022 +4.1%
Hope Christian Academy
Dickinson
Private 2.0 114 +3.6%
SOUTH HEART HIGH SCHOOL
South Heart
Public 9.5 116 +14.9%
BELFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Belfield
Public 19.1 86 +0.0%
RICHARDTON-TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL
Richardton
Public 22.8 92 -5.2%
NEW ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL
New England
Public 23.8 72 +1.4%

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