Tea Area High School - 03
Tea, SD·Public·Town, near a city·Tea Area School District 41-5
Dual enrollment in South Dakota
College credit earned while still in high school. It is the single largest lever on a college bill, and what it costs your family depends almost entirely on which state you are in.
The state caps what a college may charge a high-school student - well below the normal per-credit rate, but not free.
High School Dual Credit (HSDC)
$78 per credit
The student (or family) is billed directly by the college: the Board of Regents' statewide student site states students pay $78.48 per credit hour, which is one-half of the reduced HSDC rate in the BOR Tuition and Fee Schedule, plus all required textbooks and materials — the South Dakota Department of Education pays the other half. Concurrent Credit courses taught at the high school by a qualified high school teacher are $40 per credit hour (per sdbor.edu). RATE IN TRANSITION: the Regents approved a 2.4% increase for 2026-27 and South Dakota State University's dual credit page now lists $80.37 per credit, while the BOR statewide site, USD and Northern State still show $78.48 — confirm the current term's rate with the enrolling institution. Students who lose HSDC eligibility (academic suspension, or an F/W with a sub-2.5 BOR GPA without an approved waiver) pay the full dual credit rate, listed by USD as $156.96 per credit.
Who can enroll. South Dakota high school juniors and seniors only (including South Dakota-resident homeschool students in grades 11-12 with a signed MOU); eligibility starts in the fall of junior year and covers five semesters through senior year. For the six BOR universities (BHSU, DSU, NSU, SDSMT, SDSU, USD) seniors must rank in the upper half of their class OR have a 3.25 GPA OR score 21+ on the ACT; juniors must rank in the upper third OR have a 3.50 GPA OR score 24+ on the ACT, with ACT subscore or Accuplacer requirements for math and English. The four technical colleges (LATC, MTC, STC, WDTC) instead apply their own program-specific entry requirements.
Anchored on 4 public colleges in South Dakota · verified 2026-07-31.
Community colleges in South Dakota
We do not hold map coordinates for this school, so these are the largest community colleges in the state rather than the closest ones. Check the drive before you plan around any of them. Open one to see what starting there and transferring would actually save.
Scholarships only this school's students can win
Awards in our corpus that name this high school. Smaller applicant pools than anything national - often by orders of magnitude.
Results
State assessments, 2021. Reported by EDFacts as ranges rather than exact figures, to keep small cohorts from being identifiable.
| Year | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57% | 77% |
| 2019 | 42% | 62% |
| 2018 | 47% | 62% |
Who goes here
17% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That figure is also the federal shorthand for family income, and it is what most need-based aid and fee waivers key on.
Outside of class
Activities colleges actually read on an application - and where to find them near this school. Depth in one or two beats a list of ten.
Plan from here
Directory, enrollment and staffing from the NCES Common Core of Data; proficiency and graduation from EDFacts. Dual-enrollment funding rules from state policy, verified on our last review. Figures change - confirm with the school before relying on one. NCES record