At $18,245 per pupil, Eureka School District 44-1 ranks #15 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
163
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,245
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Eureka School District 44-1 operates 3 public schools serving 163 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 Mcpherson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,245 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 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 79.5% local, 7.6% state, and 12.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 25.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.7% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Eureka Elementary - 02, with a diversity index of 37.7/100.
Its largest campus is Eureka Elementary - 02, enrolling 94 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Eureka Jr. High - 03, at 26 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Eureka Elementary - 02 accounts for 57.7% of all Eureka School District 44-1 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Eureka School District 44-1 a distant remainder — means Eureka School District 44-1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Eureka School District 44-1 school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
Eureka School District 44-1 school enrollment ranges from 26 students (lowest) to 94 students (highest), a spread of 68 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.
Eureka School District 44-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.4% — 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 Eureka School District 44-1 is typically wider than the Eureka School District 44-1-aggregate figure suggests.