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Volga, South Dakota - 3 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Sioux Valley School District 05-5 #102 of 121 districts in South Dakota (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,296 per pupil, Sioux Valley School District 05-5 ranks #129 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
739
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,296
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 operates 3 public schools serving 739 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 Brookings County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,296 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 47.7% local, 37.1% state, and 15.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #102 of 121 in South Dakota against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 372.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.8% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sioux Valley High School - 01, with a diversity index of 19.2/100.
Its largest campus is Sioux Valley Elementary - 02, enrolling 372 students (50% of the district's total enrollment).
Sioux Valley Elementary - 02 accounts for 50.1% of all Sioux Valley School District 05-5 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sioux Valley School District 05-5 a distant remainder — means Sioux Valley School District 05-5-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.
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 school enrollment ranges from 156 students (lowest) to 372 students (highest), a spread of 216 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.
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 student-counselor ratio is 373:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 chronic absenteeism rate is 9.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Sioux Valley School District 05-5's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Sioux Valley School District 05-5?
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 has 3 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 739 students.
How much does Sioux Valley School District 05-5 spend per student?
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 spends $10,296 per student. The district has an equity score of 30/100, ranking #102 in South Dakota.
What is the demographic composition of Sioux Valley School District 05-5?
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 students are 90.8% White, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sioux Valley School District 05-5?
Sioux Valley School District 05-5 has an equity score of 30/100, ranking #102 out of 121 districts in South Dakota.