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Lemmon, South Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Lemmon School District 52-4 #42 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,092 per pupil, Lemmon School District 52-4 ranks #46 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
283
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,092
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lemmon School District 52-4 operates 3 public schools serving 283 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Perkins County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,092 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 63.8% local, 19.7% state, and 16.5% 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 57/100, ranked #42 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.
and 13.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.5% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lemmon Jr. High - 06, with a diversity index of 20.8/100.
Its largest campus is Lemmon Elementary - 02, enrolling 139 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Lemmon Elementary - 02 accounts for 48.1% of all Lemmon School District 52-4 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lemmon School District 52-4 a distant remainder — means Lemmon School District 52-4-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Lemmon School District 52-4 school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Lemmon School District 52-4 school enrollment ranges from 53 students (lowest) to 139 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.
Lemmon School District 52-4 chronic absenteeism rate is 13.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.