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Kimball, South Dakota - 5 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Kimball School District 07-2 #43 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,929 per pupil, Kimball School District 07-2 ranks #89 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
357
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,929
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kimball School District 07-2 operates 5 public schools serving 357 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 high, 1 combined 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 Brule County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,929 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 56.8% local, 28.3% state, and 14.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #43 of 121 in South Dakota against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 92.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 4.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kimball Middle School - 04, with a diversity index of 22.0/100.
Its largest campus is Kimball Elementary - 02, enrolling 102 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Grass Ranch Colony High School - 15, at 16 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kimball Elementary - 02 accounts for 28.6% of all Kimball School District 07-2 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kimball School District 07-2-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.
Kimball School District 07-2 school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities
Kimball School District 07-2 school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 102 students (highest), a spread of 86 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.
Kimball School District 07-2 student-counselor ratio is 93:1 — 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.
Kimball School District 07-2 chronic absenteeism rate is 4.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.