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Bridgewater, South Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 #36 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,209 per pupil, Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 ranks #67 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
333
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,209
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 operates 3 public schools serving 333 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Mccook County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,209 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 60.2% local, 27.7% state, and 12.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 60/100, ranked #36 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.
and 18.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.8% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bridgewater-Emery Middle School - 04, with a diversity index of 17.6/100.
Bridgewater-Emery Elementary - 02 accounts for 42.9% of all Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bridgewater-Emery 30-3-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.
Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 chronic absenteeism rate is 18.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Bridgewater-Emery 30-3 is typically wider than the Bridgewater-Emery 30-3-aggregate figure suggests.