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Henry, South Dakota - 3 schools
At $13,385 per pupil, Henry School District 14-2 ranks #60 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
195
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,385
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Henry School District 14-2 operates 3 public schools serving 195 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 Codington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,385 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 42.0% local, 41.5% state, and 16.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 64:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.8% White, 1.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Henry Elementary - 02, with a diversity index of 12.3/100.
Its largest campus is Henry Elementary - 02, enrolling 93 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Henry Elementary - 02 accounts for 47.7% of all Henry School District 14-2 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Henry School District 14-2 a distant remainder — means Henry School District 14-2-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.
Henry School District 14-2 school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Henry School District 14-2 school enrollment ranges from 45 students (lowest) to 93 students (highest), a spread of 48 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.
Henry School District 14-2 student-counselor ratio is 64:1 — 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.
Henry School District 14-2 chronic absenteeism rate is 34.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.