Rutland School District 39-4 operates 4 public schools serving 189 students, placing it among the smaller districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 other, 1 middle, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 189 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Lake County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,235 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 52.3% local, 35.6% state, and 12.1% 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 $90,541 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
and 22.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Rutland Elementary - 02 accounts for 41.8% of all Rutland School District 39-4 student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means Rutland School District 39-4-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.
Rutland School District 39-4 school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
Rutland School District 39-4 school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 79 students (highest), a spread of 57 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.
Rutland School District 39-4 chronic absenteeism rate is 22.0% — 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 Rutland School District 39-4 is typically wider than the Rutland School District 39-4-aggregate figure suggests.