At $16,190 per pupil, Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 ranks #30 of 149 South Dakota districts by per-pupil spending (South Dakota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
184
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,190
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 operates 5 public schools serving 184 students, placing it among the smallest districts in South Dakota. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined, 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 Hutchinson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,190 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 67.2% local, 18.0% state, and 14.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 60.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.3% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tripp-Delmont High School - 01, with a diversity index of 22.2/100.
Its largest campus is Tripp Elementary - 03, enrolling 88 students (52% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Greenwood Colony Elementary - 05, at 3 students, a 29x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tripp Elementary - 03 accounts for 47.8% of all Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 a distant remainder — means Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5-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.
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 school enrollment varies 29× across entities
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 88 students (highest), a spread of 85 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 student-counselor ratio is 61:1 — 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.
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 chronic absenteeism rate is 25.6% — 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 Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 is typically wider than the Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5'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 Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5?
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 has 5 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 184 students.
How much does Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 spend per student?
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 spends $16,190 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5?
Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 students are 95.3% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.