South Dakota School District BudgetsSpending and transparency, all 161 districts

161 districts on file. Scores reflect what each district publishes about its own spending, measured against the same published rubric.

Districts
161
Students
141,586
Total revenue
$2.3B FY2024, all districts
Median per pupil
$16,820 0 of 161 reviewed
# District Students Revenue Per pupil Score
1 Sioux Falls School District 49-5 25,216 $379M $15,023 —
2 Rapid City Area School District 51-4 12,432 $186M $14,926 —
3 Harrisburg School District 41-2 6,098 $102M $16,732 —
4 Brandon Valley School District 49-2 4,991 $63.2M $12,666 —
5 Aberdeen School District 6-1 4,263 $59.6M $13,981 —
6 Watertown School District 14-4 3,690 $50.9M $13,789 —
7 Brookings School District 5-1 3,446 $53.0M $15,373 —
8 Yankton School District 63-3 3,086 $42.8M $13,863 —
9 Meade School District 46-1 3,034 $39.4M $12,986 —
10 Huron School District 2-2 2,935 $44.2M $15,071 —
11 Douglas School District 51-1 2,753 $43.4M $15,756 —
12 Mitchell School District 17-2 2,711 $39.7M $14,651 —
13 Pierre School District 32-2 2,688 $34.9M $12,994 —
14 Tea Area School District 41-5 2,408 $33.6M $13,973 —
15 Spearfish School District 40-2 2,387 $32.3M $13,542 —
16 Todd County School District 66-1 2,049 $77.8M $37,990 —
17 Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 1,853 $73.8M $39,806 —
18 Vermillion School District 13-1 1,432 $22.0M $15,356 —
19 West Central School District 49-7 1,409 $20.2M $14,353 —
20 Dakota Valley School District 61-8 1,386 $20.0M $14,449 —
21 Belle Fourche School District 9-1 1,296 $18.0M $13,856 —
22 Lennox School District 41-4 1,224 $17.2M $14,067 —
23 Madison Central School District 39-2 1,178 $17.1M $14,504 —
24 Milbank School District 25-4 1,014 $15.7M $15,482 —
25 Dell Rapids School District 49-3 973 $14.0M $14,381 —
26 Sisseton School District 54-2 970 $23.5M $24,212 —
27 Tri Valley School District 49-6 932 $15.7M $16,820 —
28 Custer School District 16-1 906 $18.2M $20,100 —
29 Wagner Community School District 11-4 900 $19.3M $21,411 —
30 Hamlin School District 28-3 881 $11.0M $12,499 —
31 Canton School District 41-1 880 $12.9M $14,602 —
32 Chamberlain School District 7-1 848 $18.7M $22,057 —
33 Winner School District 59-2 825 $11.7M $14,184 —
34 Hot Springs School District 23-2 739 $10.4M $14,135 —
35 Sioux Valley School District 5-5 715 $10.1M $14,101 —
36 Flandreau School District 50-3 698 $11.0M $15,756 —
37 Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7 690 $8.8M $12,814 —
38 Beresford School District 61-2 672 $9.9M $14,759 —
39 Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1 671 $14.6M $21,706 —
40 Groton Area School District 6-6 601 $9.3M $15,434 —
41 Mobridge-Pollock School District 62-6 591 $8.9M $15,005 —
42 Baltic School District 49-1 580 $8.6M $14,807 —
43 Bon Homme School District 4-2 580 $8.6M $14,852 —
44 Parkston School District 33-3 569 $7.8M $13,626 —
45 Webster Area School District 18-5 548 $8.2M $15,018 —
46 Deuel School District 19-4 544 $9.0M $16,474 —
47 Chester Area School District 39-1 542 $7.1M $13,028 —
48 Redfield School District 56-4 534 $9.7M $18,234 —
49 Platte-Geddes School District 11-5 509 $8.0M $15,802 —
50 Hill City School District 51-2 508 $9.2M $18,201 —
51 Clark School District 12-2 496 $6.7M $13,554 —
52 Britton-Hecla School District 45-4 480 $7.6M $15,854 —
53 Garretson School District 49-4 480 $6.9M $14,294 —
54 Mccook Central School District 43-7 472 $6.8M $14,377 —
55 Miller School District 29-4 472 $8.2M $17,311 —
56 Bennett County High School District 3-1 471 $18.9M $40,219 —
57 Parker School District 60-4 469 $7.3M $15,642 —
58 Elkton School District 5-3 453 $6.9M $15,155 —
59 Gregory School District 26-4 431 $6.1M $14,100 —
60 Ipswich School District 22-6 430 $6.6M $15,323 —
61 Wessington Springs School District 36-2 429 $7.2M $16,727 —
62 Mclaughlin School District 15-2 427 $13.5M $31,649 —
63 Freeman School District 33-1 424 $7.3M $17,139 —
64 Stanley County School District 57-1 418 $8.1M $19,392 —
65 Deubrook Area School District 05-6 417 $6.3M $15,185 —
66 White River School District 47-1 416 $11.3M $27,171 —
67 Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6 406 $6.3M $15,485 —
68 Faulkton School District 24-4 393 $6.3M $16,053 —
69 Hanson School District 30-1 389 $4.9M $12,676 —
70 Timber Lake School District 20-3 389 $9.8M $25,105 —
71 Eagle Butte School District 20-1 383 $19.3M $50,305 —
72 Dupree School District 64-2 376 $10.3M $27,351 —
73 Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1 366 $5.8M $15,885 —
74 Kimball Independent School District 7-2 363 $5.6M $15,342 —
75 Lyman School District 42-1 360 $7.9M $21,961 —
76 Northwestern School District 56-7 359 $5.6M $15,490 —
77 De Smet School District 38-2 354 $6.4M $17,938 —
78 Bridgewater-Emery School District 30-3 342 $6.6M $19,281 —
79 Castlewood School District 28-1 338 $4.8M $14,107 —
80 Willow Lake School District 12-3 338 $5.4M $16,115 —
81 Florence School District 14-1 332 $4.8M $14,452 —
82 Howard School District 48-3 328 $5.7M $17,323 —
83 Oldham-Ramona-Rutland School District 39-6 324 $6.1M $18,698 —
84 Andes Central School District 11-1 322 $12.0M $37,286 —
85 Haakon School District 27-1 322 $5.5M $17,099 —
86 Wolsey-Wessington School District 2-6 318 $5.8M $18,352 —
87 Canistota School District 43-1 312 $4.9M $15,724 —
88 Warner School District 6-5 312 $4.9M $15,769 —
89 Kadoka School District 35-2 303 $7.2M $23,825 —
90 Arlington School District 38-1 301 $5.1M $16,963 —
91 Colman-Egan School District 301 $5.0M $16,485 —
92 Plankinton School District 1-1 297 $5.1M $17,165 —
93 Lemmon School District 52-4 292 $5.8M $19,966 —
94 Ethan School District 17-1 291 $3.7M $12,856 —
95 Irene-Wakonda School District 13-3 290 $5.1M $17,624 —
96 Gayville-Volin Independent School District 63-1 286 $4.3M $15,161 —
97 Centerville School District 60-1 280 $4.0M $14,343 —
98 Woonsocket School District 55-4 278 $4.2M $15,176 —
99 Wall School District 51-5 277 $5.4M $19,437 —
100 Estelline School District 28-2 275 $4.5M $16,491 —
101 New Underwood School District 51-3 274 $3.8M $13,938 —
102 Scotland School District 4-3 273 $4.2M $15,385 —
103 Corsica-Stinckney School District 21-3 267 $4.3M $16,195 —
104 Mount Vernon School District 17-3 266 $4.5M $16,820 —
105 Montrose School District 43-2 265 $4.0M $15,075 —
106 Waverly School District 14-5 263 $4.8M $18,395 —
107 Menno School District 33-2 262 $4.5M $17,095 —
108 Hitchcock-Tulare School District 56-6 247 $4.4M $17,992 —
109 Langford Area School District 45-5 247 $3.9M $15,915 —
110 Highmore-Harrold School District 34-2 244 $4.6M $18,955 —
111 Newell School District 9-2 243 $4.9M $20,012 —
112 Wilmot School District 54-7 233 $4.4M $19,094 —
113 Avon School District 4-1 231 $4.2M $18,121 —
114 Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3 229 $5.6M $24,655 —
115 Rosholt School District 54-4 227 $3.9M $17,141 —
116 Armour School District 21-1 224 $3.7M $16,464 —
117 Iroquois School District 2-3 222 $3.8M $17,063 —
118 Harding County School District 31-1 221 $5.7M $25,570 —
119 Gettysburg School District 53-1 220 $4.1M $18,423 —
120 Burke School District 26-2 216 $4.5M $20,829 —
121 Sanborn Central School District 5-55 215 $3.7M $17,344 —
122 Marion School District 60-3 212 $4.4M $20,736 —
123 Leola School District 44-2 210 $4.4M $20,862 —
124 Henry School District 14-2 200 $3.4M $17,045 —
125 Frederick Area School District 6-2 195 $3.5M $17,964 —
126 Rutland School District 39-4 189 $3.1M $16,259 —
127 Lake Preston School District 38-3 188 $3.3M $17,537 —
128 Faith School District 46-2 186 $3.4M $18,285 —
129 Summit School District 54-6 186 $4.0M $21,661 —
130 Jones County School District 37-3 183 $3.3M $17,951 —
131 Selby School District 62-5 183 $3.3M $18,284 —
132 Smee School District 15-3 183 $6.1M $33,257 —
133 Waubay School District 18-3 172 $4.8M $28,128 —
134 Eureka School District 44-1 171 $3.6M $21,047 —
135 Trip-Delmart School District 33-5 165 $4.1M $24,727 —
136 Oldham-Ramona School District 157 $2.9M $18,439 —
137 Colome Consolidated 59-3 156 $3.6M $23,071 —
138 Doland School District 56-2 153 $3.1M $20,046 —
139 Herreid School District 10-1 147 $3.0M $20,184 —
140 Edmunds Central School District 22-5 146 $3.2M $22,247 —
141 Corsica School District 21-2 145 $2.0M $13,455 —
142 Bison School District 52-1 137 $2.9M $21,051 —
143 Edgemont School District 23-1 131 $3.1M $23,328 —
144 Mcintosh School District 15-1 129 $7.2M $55,969 —
145 White Lake School District 1-3 124 $2.7M $21,411 —
146 Hoven School District 53-2 112 $2.9M $25,545 —
147 Oelrichs School District 23-3 112 $4.4M $39,098 —
148 Bowdle School District 22-1 109 $2.2M $20,450 —
149 Stinckney School District 1-2 104 $1.6M $15,846 —
150 South Central School District 26-5 93 $2.8M $29,968 —
151 Big Stone City School District 25-1 73 $1.9M $26,562 —
152 Grant Deuel School District 25-3 61 $1.2M $19,016 —
153 Elk Mountain School District 16-2 18 $492K $27,333 —
154 Cornbelt Educational Cooperative — $861K — —
155 Mid Central Cooperative — $780K — —
156 North Central Special Educational Cooperative — $494K — —
157 Northeast Educational Service Cooperative — $1.6M — —
158 Northwest Area Schools Education Cooperative — $465K — —
159 Oahe Special Education Cooperative — $17.0K — —
160 South Central Cooperative — $754K — —
161 Southeast Area Cooperative — $840K — —