Doland School District 56-2 operates 7 public schools serving 165 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 other, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 143 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Spink County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,855 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 70.0% local, 13.2% state, and 16.8% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $94,245 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
a 23:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 18.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Doland Elementary - 03 accounts for 44.1% of all Doland School District 56-2 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Doland School District 56-2-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
Doland School District 56-2 school enrollment varies 32× across entities
Doland School District 56-2 school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 63 students (highest), a spread of 61 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity — the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Doland School District 56-2 student-counselor ratio is 23:1 — 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.
Doland School District 56-2 chronic absenteeism rate is 18.1% — 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 Doland School District 56-2 is typically wider than the Doland School District 56-2-aggregate figure suggests.