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Lake Andes, South Dakota - 4 schools
An equity score of 95/100 ranks Andes Central School District 11-1 #4 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,379 per pupil, Andes Central School District 11-1 ranks #19 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
340
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,379
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Andes Central School District 11-1 operates 4 public schools serving 340 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Charles Mix County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,379 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending. See how South Dakota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.2% local, 18.1% state, and 56.6% federal, an unusually federal-heavy mix, typically a marker of concentrated Title I eligibility or a small district reliant on federal impact-aid programs. The district's equity score is 95/100, ranked #4 of 121 in South Dakota against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 200:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 67.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.8% White, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Andes Central Middle School - 04, with a diversity index of 65.3/100.
Andes Central Elementary - 02 accounts for 54.1% of all Andes Central School District 11-1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Andes Central School District 11-1 a distant remainder — means Andes Central School District 11-1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Andes Central School District 11-1 school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities
Andes Central School District 11-1 school enrollment ranges from 23 students (lowest) to 184 students (highest), a spread of 161 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Andes Central School District 11-1 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Andes Central School District 11-1 student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Andes Central School District 11-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 67.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Andes Central School District 11-1's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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