Flandreau School District 50-3

Public school district · Moody County · South Dakota · NCES district ID 4624390

Flandreau School District 50-3 spent $12,654 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 61% of the other South Dakota districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $13,524). Its 4 schools enrolled 715 students in 2024-25; 42.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,234 per student, up 4.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 70-79% (South Dakota: 84%).

Spending per student among South Dakota districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Flandreau School District 50-3 in enrollment (576 to 772 students) and Flandreau School District 50-3 itself.

Current spending per student, South Dakota districts closest in size to Flandreau School District 50-3, FY23Lead-Deadwood $18,954; Flandreau School District 50-3 $12,654; Bon Homme School District 4-2 $12,156; Groton Area $12,132; Beresford School District 61-2 $11,801; Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 $11,520; Hot Springs School District 23-2 $10,609; Chester Area School District 39-1 $10,311; Sioux Valley $9,934; Baltic $9,313; State median, under 1,000 students $13,524.5k10k15k20kLead-Deadwood$18,954Flandreau School District 50-3$12,654Bon Homme School District 4-2$12,156Groton Area$12,132Beresford School District 61-2$11,801Elk Point-Jefferson School Dis…$11,520Hot Springs School District 23…$10,609Chester Area School District 3…$10,311Sioux Valley$9,934Baltic$9,313State median, under 1,000 students $13,524
Current spending per student, South Dakota districts closest in size to Flandreau School District 50-3, FY23Lead-Deadwood $18,954; Flandreau School District 50-3 $12,654; Bon Homme School District 4-2 $12,156; Groton Area $12,132; Beresford School District 61-2 $11,801; Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 $11,520; Hot Springs School District 23-2 $10,609; Chester Area School District 39-1 $10,311; Sioux Valley $9,934; Baltic $9,313; State median, under 1,000 students $13,524.5k10k15k20kLead-Deadwood$18,954Flandreau School District 50-3$12,654Bon Homme School District 4-2$12,156Groton Area$12,132Beresford School District 61-2$11,801Elk Point-Jefferson School District…$11,520Hot Springs School District 23-2$10,609Chester Area School District 39-1$10,311Sioux Valley$9,934Baltic$9,313State median, under 1,000 students $13,524
Current spending per student, South Dakota districts closest in size to Flandreau School District 50-3, FY23Lead-Deadwood $18,954; Flandreau School District 50-3 $12,654; Bon Homme School District 4-2 $12,156; Groton Area $12,132; Beresford School District 61-2 $11,801; Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 $11,520; Hot Springs School District 23-2 $10,609; Chester Area School District 39-1 $10,311; Sioux Valley $9,934; Baltic $9,313; State median, under 1,000 students $13,524.5k10k15k20kLead-Deadwood$18,954Flandreau School District 50-3$12,654Bon Homme School District 4-2$12,156Groton Area$12,132Beresford School District 61-2$11,801Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7$11,520Hot Springs School District 23-2$10,609Chester Area School District 39-1$10,311Sioux Valley$9,934Baltic$9,313State median, under 1,000 students $13,524
Current spending per student, South Dakota districts closest in size to Flandreau School District 50-3, FY23Lead-Deadwood $18,954; Flandreau School District 50-3 $12,654; Bon Homme School District 4-2 $12,156; Groton Area $12,132; Beresford School District 61-2 $11,801; Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 $11,520; Hot Springs School District 23-2 $10,609; Chester Area School District 39-1 $10,311; Sioux Valley $9,934; Baltic $9,313; State median, under 1,000 students $13,524.5k10k15k20kLead-Deadwood$18,954Flandreau School District 50-3$12,654Bon Homme School District 4-2$12,156Groton Area$12,132Beresford School District 61-2$11,801Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7$11,520Hot Springs School District 23-2$10,609Chester Area School District 39-1$10,311Sioux Valley$9,934Baltic$9,313State median, under 1,000 students $13,524

Where the money came from

$9,992,000 in revenue: 42.0% state, 42.4% local and 15.6% federal. Total spending including $324,000 of capital outlay was $9,615,000, or $13,854 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Flandreau School District 50-3 revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $4,197,000; Local $4,238,000; Federal $1,557,000; total $9,992,000.
  • State$4,197,000 42%
  • Local$4,238,000 42%
  • Federal$1,557,000 16%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 125 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

694 students in 2022-23, 698 students in 2023-24, 715 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Flandreau School District 50-3 enrollment by school year2022-23: 694, 2023-24: 698, 2024-25: 71502004006008002022-236942023-246982024-25715
Flandreau School District 50-3 enrollment by school year2022-23: 694, 2023-24: 698, 2024-25: 71502004006008002022-236942023-246982024-25715
Flandreau School District 50-3 enrollment by school year2022-23: 694, 2023-24: 698, 2024-25: 71502004006008002022-236942023-246982024-25715
Flandreau School District 50-3 enrollment by school year2022-23: 694, 2023-24: 698, 2024-25: 71502004006008002022-236942023-246982024-25715

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2369463.610.9
2023-2469862.211.2
2024-2571561.011.7

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$2,905,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,186 per student

Flandreau School District 50-3 booked $2,905,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 64 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $45,690 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 19 in 100 South Dakota districts with a figure (state median $49,840, 141 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average South Dakota teacher salary at $49,761 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$2,472,00085.1%
Special education$283,0009.7%
Vocational$53,0001.8%
Other programs$97,0003.3%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,533 in 2018-19, $3,503 in 2019-20, $3,726 in 2020-21, $3,853 in 2021-22, $4,186 in 2022-23.

Flandreau School District 50-3 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,533, 2019-20: $3,503, 2020-21: $3,726, 2021-22: $3,853, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$3,5332019-20$3,5032020-21$3,7262021-22$3,8532022-23$4,186
Flandreau School District 50-3 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,533, 2019-20: $3,503, 2020-21: $3,726, 2021-22: $3,853, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$3,5332019-20$3,5032020-21$3,7262021-22$3,8532022-23$4,186
Flandreau School District 50-3 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,533, 2019-20: $3,503, 2020-21: $3,726, 2021-22: $3,853, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$3,5332019-20$3,5032020-21$3,7262021-22$3,8532022-23$4,186
Flandreau School District 50-3 teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,533, 2019-20: $3,503, 2020-21: $3,726, 2021-22: $3,853, 2022-23: $4,18602k4k6k2018-19$3,5332019-20$3,5032020-21$3,7262021-22$3,8532022-23$4,186

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Flandreau School District 50-3 scored proficient or above: 35% in reading and 28% in math, against 51% in reading and 42.2% in math across South Dakota. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within South Dakota, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtSouth DakotaStudents tested
Reading and language arts35%51%355
Math28%42.2%355

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

70-79% of the 51 students in Flandreau School District 50-3's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 84% across South Dakota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtSouth Dakota
Four-year graduation rate70‑79%84%
Students in the class519,963

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 321 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Flandreau Elementary - 0428712.543.6%Schoolwide program
Pleasant Valley Colony Elementary - 063411.3not reportedEligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 193 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Flandreau Middle School - 0319310.145.1%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 201 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Flandreau High School - 0120112.638.8%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Flandreau School District 50-3

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Flandreau School District 50-3

  1. South Dakota districts by spending per studentFlandreau School District 50-3 ranks 77 of 125 South Dakota districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,654).#77 of 125
  2. Every school district in South DakotaFlandreau School District 50-3 is the number 38 by size of 150 South Dakota districts, with 694 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#38 of 150
  3. Beresford School District 61-2The next larger South Dakota district: 708 students in fall 2022, $11,801 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,801
  4. Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7The next smaller South Dakota district: 688 students in fall 2022, $11,520 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,520
  5. Compare Flandreau School District 50-3 with Beresford School District 61-2Enrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Flandreau High School - 01, its largest high school201 students in 2024-25, 12.6 per teacher.201
  7. Teacher salary spending across South DakotaFlandreau School District 50-3 spent $45,690 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $49,840); spending, not a salary.$45,690
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Flandreau School District 50-3

  1. How many schools and students are in Flandreau School District 50-3?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 715 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Flandreau School District 50-3 spend per student?
    $12,654 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the South Dakota median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $13,524 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,234 per student, up 4.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Flandreau School District 50-3's money come from?
    $9,992,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 42.0% state, 42.4% local and 15.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Flandreau School District 50-3 live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 70 of the 720 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 9.7%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Flandreau School District 50-3 spend on teacher salaries?
    $2,905,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,186 per student. Divided by the 64 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $45,690 per teacher, more than 19 in 100 South Dakota districts (state median $49,840). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average South Dakota teacher salary at $49,761 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Flandreau School District 50-3 do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Flandreau School District 50-3 scored proficient or above: 35% in reading and 28% in math, against 51% in reading and 42.2% in math across South Dakota. South Dakota's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Flandreau School District 50-3?
    70-79% of the 51 students in Flandreau School District 50-3's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 84% across South Dakota. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Flandreau School District 50-3's NCES district ID?
    4624390. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25