Herreid School District 10-1 operates 3 public schools serving 151 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other, 1 high, 1 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 147 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is geographically located in Campbell County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,512 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 78.0% local, 10.4% state, and 11.6% 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 $92,160 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
a 98:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 19.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.3% White, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Herreid Elementary - 02 accounts for 52.4% of all Herreid School District 10-1 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Herreid School District 10-1-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.
Herreid School District 10-1 school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Herreid School District 10-1 school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 77 students (highest), a spread of 42 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.
Herreid School District 10-1 student-counselor ratio is 98:1 — 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.
Herreid School District 10-1 chronic absenteeism rate is 19.4% — 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 Herreid School District 10-1 is typically wider than the Herreid School District 10-1-aggregate figure suggests.