South Dakota · NCES F-33 finance data

School Spending in South Dakota

Schools in South Dakota ranked by their district's per-pupil expenditure, limited to schools with 50 or more students.

Compiled from official source data by .
$13,477
SD avg per student
$16,593
National avg per student
-19%
Vs national average
100
Schools listed

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Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 tops the list: its district, Eagle Butte School District 20-1, spends $29,319 per student, against a South Dakota average of $13,477.

$29,319
per-student spend in Eagle Butte School District 20-1
$13,477
South Dakota average
$16,593
national average
Note: Spending reflects district-wide averages from NCES F-33 (FY 2021-22). Schools in the same district share the same figure.
# School DistrictPer Student
1 Eagle Butte Upper Elementary - 03 Eagle Butte · elementary Eagle Butte School District 20-1 $29,319
2 Eagle Butte Primary - 02 Eagle Butte · elementary Eagle Butte School District 20-1 $29,319
3 Wakpala Elementary - 02 Wakpala · elementary Smee School District 15-3 $26,149
4 Wolf Creek School - 02 Pine Ridge · other Oglala Lakota County 65-1 $21,648
5 Lakota Tech High School - 10 Batesland · high Oglala Lakota County 65-1 $21,648
6 Rockyford School - 03 Porcupine · other Oglala Lakota County 65-1 $21,648
7 Batesland School - 01 Batesland · other Oglala Lakota County 65-1 $21,648
8 Oglala Lakota County Virtual High School - 92 Pine Ridge · high Oglala Lakota County 65-1 $21,648
9 Red Shirt School - 04 Hermosa · other Oglala Lakota County 65-1 $21,648
10 Mclaughlin Elementary - 02 Mclaughlin · other Mclaughlin School District 15-2 $20,507
11 Mclaughlin High School - 01 Mclaughlin · high Mclaughlin School District 15-2 $20,507
12 Mclaughlin Middle School - 03 Mclaughlin · middle Mclaughlin School District 15-2 $20,507
13 Hoven Elementary - 02 Hoven · other Hoven School District 53-2 $20,400
14 Oelrichs Elementary - 02 Oelrichs · other Oelrichs School District 23-3 $20,312
15 South Central Elementary - 03 Bonesteel · other South Central 26-5 $19,360
16 Onida Elementary - 04 Onida · elementary Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 $19,278
17 Sully Buttes High School - 07 Onida · high Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 $19,278
18 Sully Buttes Middle School - 06 Onida · middle Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 $19,278
19 Dupree Elementary - 02 Dupree · other Dupree School District 64-2 $18,742
20 Dupree High School - 01 Dupree · high Dupree School District 64-2 $18,742
21 Dupree Jr. High - 04 Dupree · middle Dupree School District 64-2 $18,742
22 Timber Lake Elementary - 02 Timber Lake · other Timber Lake School District 20-3 $18,185
23 Timber Lake High School - 01 Timber Lake · high Timber Lake School District 20-3 $18,185
24 Timber Lake Middle School - 03 Timber Lake · middle Timber Lake School District 20-3 $18,185
25 Bison Elementary - 02 Bison · elementary Bison School District 52-1 $18,044
26 Bison High School - 01 Bison · high Bison School District 52-1 $18,044
27 Tripp Elementary - 03 Tripp · other Tripp-Delmont School District 33-5 $17,720
28 Edmunds Central Elementary - 05 Roscoe · other Edmunds Central School District 22-5 $17,667
29 Eureka Elementary - 02 Eureka · other Eureka School District 44-1 $17,485
30 White River Elementary - 02 White River · other White River School District 47-1 $17,446
31 White River High School - 01 White River · high White River School District 47-1 $17,446
32 White River Middle School - 04 White River · middle White River School District 47-1 $17,446
33 Andes Central Elementary - 02 Lake Andes · other Andes Central School District 11-1 $17,379
34 Andes Central High School - 01 Lake Andes · high Andes Central School District 11-1 $17,379
35 Andes Central Middle School - 04 Lake Andes · middle Andes Central School District 11-1 $17,379
36 Lead-Deadwood Elementary - 03 Deadwood · elementary Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 $17,339
37 Lead-Deadwood High School - 01 Lead · high Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 $17,339
38 Lead-Deadwood Middle School - 02 Lead · middle Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 $17,339
39 Lead-Deadwood Career & Technical Education - 10 Nemo · high Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 $17,339
40 Buffalo Elementary - 02 Buffalo · elementary Harding County School District 31-1 $17,270
41 Harding County High School - 01 Buffalo · high Harding County School District 31-1 $17,270
42 Harding County Middle School - 03 Buffalo · middle Harding County School District 31-1 $17,270
43 Kadoka Elementary - 02 Kadoka · other Kadoka Area School District 35-2 $17,032
44 Kadoka Area High School - 01 Kadoka · high Kadoka Area School District 35-2 $17,032
45 Kadoka Middle School - 03 Kadoka · middle Kadoka Area School District 35-2 $17,032
46 Big Stone City Elementary - 01 Big Stone City · other Big Stone City School District 25-1 $16,688
47 Todd County Elementary - 16 Mission · elementary Todd County School District 66-1 $16,334
48 Todd County High School - 01 Mission · high Todd County School District 66-1 $16,334
49 Todd County Middle School - 10 Mission · middle Todd County School District 66-1 $16,334
50 Rosebud Elementary - 04 Rosebud · elementary Todd County School District 66-1 $16,334
51 He Dog Elementary - 05 Parmelee · elementary Todd County School District 66-1 $16,334
52 Spring Creek Elementary - 07 St Francis · elementary Todd County School District 66-1 $16,334
53 Marion Elementary - 02 Marion · other Marion School District 60-3 $16,127
54 Marion High School - 01 Marion · high Marion School District 60-3 $16,127
55 Lyman Elementary - 04 Kennebec · other Lyman School District 42-1 $16,098
56 Lyman Middle School - 02 Presho · middle Lyman School District 42-1 $16,098
57 Lyman High School - 01 Presho · high Lyman School District 42-1 $16,098
58 Leola Elementary - 02 Leola · other Leola School District 44-2 $15,883
59 Selby Elementary - 02 Selby · other Selby Area School District 62-5 $15,854
60 Selby High School - 01 Selby · high Selby Area School District 62-5 $15,854
61 Herreid Elementary - 02 Herreid · other Herreid School District 10-1 $15,512
62 Waubay Elementary - 02 Waubay · other Waubay School District 18-3 $15,511
63 Waubay High School - 01 Waubay · high Waubay School District 18-3 $15,511
64 Montrose Elementary - 02 Montrose · other Montrose School District 43-2 $15,504
65 Montrose High School - 01 Montrose · high Montrose School District 43-2 $15,504
66 Montrose Middle School - 03 Montrose · middle Montrose School District 43-2 $15,504
67 Doland Elementary - 03 Doland · other Doland School District 56-2 $15,308
68 Jones County Elementary - 02 Murdo · elementary Jones County School District 37-3 $15,273
69 Jones County Middle School - 04 Murdo · elementary Jones County School District 37-3 $15,273
70 Lake Preston Elementary - 02 Lake Preston · other Lake Preston School District 38-3 $15,249
71 Frederick Elementary - 02 Frederick · elementary Frederick Area School District 06-2 $15,121
72 Frederick High School - 01 Frederick · high Frederick Area School District 06-2 $15,121
73 Edgemont Elementary - 03 Edgemont · elementary Edgemont School District 23-1 $15,000
74 Wagner Elementary - 02 Wagner · elementary Wagner Community School District 11-4 $14,978
75 Wagner Middle School - 03 Wagner · elementary Wagner Community School District 11-4 $14,978
76 Wagner High School - 01 Wagner · high Wagner Community School District 11-4 $14,978
77 Early Learning Center - 04 Wagner · other Wagner Community School District 11-4 $14,978
78 Burke Elementary - 02 Burke · other Burke School District 26-2 $14,787
79 Burke High School - 01 Burke · high Burke School District 26-2 $14,787
80 Burke Middle School - 04 Burke · middle Burke School District 26-2 $14,787
81 Oldham-Ramona Elementary - 02 Ramona · other Oldham - Ramona School District 39-5 $14,785
82 Menno Elementary - 02 Menno · other Menno School District 33-2 $14,761
83 Menno High School - 01 Menno · high Menno School District 33-2 $14,761
84 Miller Elementary - 02 Miller · elementary Miller 29-4 $14,687
85 Miller High School - 01 Miller · high Miller 29-4 $14,687
86 Miller Jr. High - 04 Miller · middle Miller 29-4 $14,687
87 Colome Elementary - 02 Colome · other Colome Consolidated 59-3 $14,579
88 Avon High School - 01 Avon · high Avon School District 04-1 $14,222
89 Avon Elementary - 02 Avon · elementary Avon School District 04-1 $14,222
90 Avon Middle School - 05 Avon · elementary Avon School District 04-1 $14,222
91 Martin Elementary - 03 Martin · other Bennett County School District 03-1 $14,209
92 Bennett County High School - 01 Martin · high Bennett County School District 03-1 $14,209
93 Bennett County Middle School - 06 Martin · middle Bennett County School District 03-1 $14,209
94 Colman Elementary - 03 Colman · other Colman-Egan School District 50-5 $14,099
95 Colman-Egan High School - 01 Colman · high Colman-Egan School District 50-5 $14,099
96 Lemmon Elementary - 02 Lemmon · elementary Lemmon School District 52-4 $14,092
97 Lemmon High School - 01 Lemmon · high Lemmon School District 52-4 $14,092
98 Lemmon Jr. High - 06 Lemmon · middle Lemmon School District 52-4 $14,092
99 Sanborn Central Elementary - 06 Forestburg · other Sanborn Central School District 55-5 $13,977
100 Chamberlain Elementary - 03 Chamberlain · elementary Chamberlain School District 07-1 $13,938

Per-pupil expenditure from NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22). Figures are district-wide averages. View national school spending rankings.

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