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Corsica, South Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Corsica-Stickney 21-3 #69 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,959 per pupil, Corsica-Stickney 21-3 ranks #88 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
276
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,959
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Corsica-Stickney 21-3 operates 3 public schools serving 276 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 Douglas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,959 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 63.4% local, 25.1% state, and 11.4% 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 44/100, ranked #69 of 121 in South Dakota against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 274.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 5.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.9% White, 2.2% African American, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Corsica-Stickney Jr. High - 03, with a diversity index of 21.2/100.
Corsica-Stickney Elementary - 02 accounts for 54.3% of all Corsica-Stickney 21-3 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Corsica-Stickney 21-3 a distant remainder — means Corsica-Stickney 21-3-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.
Corsica-Stickney 21-3 school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Corsica-Stickney 21-3 school enrollment ranges from 52 students (lowest) to 150 students (highest), a spread of 98 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.
Corsica-Stickney 21-3 student-counselor ratio is 275:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Corsica-Stickney 21-3 is typically wider than the Corsica-Stickney 21-3-aggregate figure suggests.
Corsica-Stickney 21-3 chronic absenteeism rate is 5.6% — 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.