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Colome, South Dakota - 3 schools
At $14,579 per pupil, Colome Consolidated 59-3 ranks #42 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
170
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,579
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Colome Consolidated 59-3 operates 3 public schools serving 170 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 Tripp County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,579 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 50.8% local, 26.4% state, and 22.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 154.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 51.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% White, 1.8% Asian, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Colome Middle School - 03, with a diversity index of 55.3/100.
Its largest campus is Colome Elementary - 02, enrolling 65 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Colome Elementary - 02 accounts for 38.2% of all Colome Consolidated 59-3 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Colome Consolidated 59-3-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.
Colome Consolidated 59-3 school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Colome Consolidated 59-3 school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 65 students (highest), a spread of 33 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.
Colome Consolidated 59-3 student-counselor ratio is 155:1 — 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.
Colome Consolidated 59-3 chronic absenteeism rate is 51.1% — 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.