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Avon, South Dakota - 4 schools
An equity score of 81/100 ranks Avon School District 04-1 #15 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,222 per pupil, Avon School District 04-1 ranks #43 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
224
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,222
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Avon School District 04-1 operates 4 public schools serving 224 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined 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 Bon Homme County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,222 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 39.2% local, 45.2% state, and 15.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 81/100, ranked #15 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 124.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 5.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.7% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Avon High School - 01, with a diversity index of 37.5/100.
Its largest campus is Avon High School - 01, enrolling 77 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Avon Preschool - 06, at 13 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Avon High School - 01 accounts for 33.9% of all Avon School District 04-1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Avon School District 04-1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Avon School District 04-1 school enrollment varies 5.9× across entities
Avon School District 04-1 school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 77 students (highest), a spread of 64 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Avon School District 04-1 student-counselor ratio is 125:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Avon School District 04-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 5.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.