At $13,127 per pupil, Rutland School District 39-4 ranks #70 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
189
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,127
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rutland School District 39-4 operates 4 public schools serving 189 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,127 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 52.3% local, 35.6% state, and 12.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
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.
Its largest campus is Rutland Elementary - 02, enrolling 79 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Camridge Colony School - 04, at 22 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rutland Elementary - 02 accounts for 41.8% of all Rutland School District 39-4 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rutland School District 39-4-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.