Tea Area High School is a high school located in

Tea, South Dakota Tea is a city in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States and is a suburb of Sioux Falls. The population was 5,598 at the 2020 census. Tea was laid out in 1894. The name "Tea" was selected on account of its brevity. Geography Tea is located ...

. Tea High School originated in 1879 with the building of the first schoolhouse (built 1 1/2 miles west of the present edifice). There was an enrollment of 11 pupils and first teacher was Mr. Mahor. A two-story schoolhouse was built in Tea in 1904 which was used until the present one was built in 1959. In May 2002, the Tea Area School District was formed when district voters agreed to separate from the Lennox School District and form the Tea Area School District. Tea Area became the state's 177th K-12 school district in July 2003. Classes began at TAHS in fall of 2003. In 2005, Tea Area High School was built ($7.5 million) and opened at its current location at 500 W. Brian Street. In 2022, voters overwhelming (86%) agreed to fund a $39 million high school expansion that will double the size of the high school including a 1,100-seat performing arts center, additional gymnasium, wrestling room, renovated strength & conditioning room and 25 new classrooms. In 2022, Tea Area High Schools twentieth anniversary, the Tea Area Hall of Fame was formed. Inductees include: Academic Inductee: Winslow Burnette Art Inductee: Leslie (Fylling) Nelson Athletic Inductee: Tyler Edblom Titan Pride Inductee(s): First Five School Board Members

Athletics

All the schools' sports are in the class A division (football is AA). Athletic teams for boys include football, basketball, track, cross-country, wrestling, golf & soccer. Teams for girls include volleyball, basketball, track, cross country, golf, soccer, competitive cheer, competitive dance and softball (starting in 2023). State Championships (16 since 2011): • Boys Baseball - 2023 * Boys Basketball - 2017, 2019 * Girls Basketball - * Boys Cross country - * Girls Cross country - * Boys

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- 2018, 2020 * Boys Golf - 2016, 2018, 2021 * Girls Volleyball - * Boys Soccer- 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Girls Soccer- 2019, 2022, 2023 * Boys

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- 2011 * Girls

- * Girls Softball - 2024

References

{{authority control Public high schools in South Dakota Buildings and structures in Lincoln County, South Dakota 1879 establishments in Dakota Territory Educational institutions established in 1879