Previously the district did not operate a high school building and required high school students staying with the district to attend
virtual school. In August 2019, the district and the state of South Dakota began a partnership to establish the first non-
Bureau of Indian Education public high school on the reservation.
Kristi Noem,
Governor of South Dakota, jointly announced this with management of the school district. In July 2019, the district hired Stephanie Eisenmenger as the first principal. Groundbreaking occurred in November 2019. There were plans to open in-person use of the school earlier, but due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota the school itself was not yet open in July 2020. It is centered on
career and technical education (CTE). The district had anticipated that about 100 students would enroll at the school. The school opened in fall 2020. The enrollment at the end of the 2020–2021 school year was almost 400. In 2022, the Lieutenant Governors' STEM Scholarship Program gave the school $1,000 as an award because the curricula had
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) content, and the funds were to be used on weather-related content. ==Athletics==