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Douglas School District 51-1

Box Elder, South Dakota · Public school district · #11 of 23 South Dakota districts by enrollment

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2,808

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,399

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the South Dakota median

15.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Dakota median 15.1

Douglas School District 51-1 is a public school district based in Box Elder, South Dakota, serving 2,808 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #11 of the 23 South Dakota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 702 students each, more than the South Dakota median of 394. It spends about $10,399 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.3 students per teacher.

How Douglas School District 51-1 compares

Douglas School District 51-1South Dakota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,399

South Dakota median $9,927 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,535

South Dakota median $6,002 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school702

South Dakota median 394 · 78% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.3

South Dakota median 15.1 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor401

South Dakota median 339 · 18% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 34%State 46%Local 20%

Measure	Douglas School District 51-1	South Dakota median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,399	$9,927	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,535	$6,002	FY2020-21
Total spending	$29.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	183	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	404	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.3	15.1	2024-25
Students per counselor	401	339	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The South Dakota median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in South Dakota

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Meade School District 46-1Sturgis	3,047	11	$9,484	14.2	#9
Yankton School District 63-3Yankton	3,021	6	$9,910	16.9	#10
Douglas School District 51-1Box Elder · this district	2,808	4	$10,399	15.3	#11
Pierre School District 32-2Pierre	2,749	5	$9,900	16.5	#12
Mitchell School District 17-2Mitchell	2,619	9	$10,273	13.4	#13

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Irondequoit Central School DistrictRochester, NY	2,809	$23,437	11.4
Orting School DistrictOrting, WA	2,809	$14,301	18.7
Rotterdam-Mohonasen Central School DistrictSchenectady, NY	2,808	$17,377	12.9
Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictIndianola, MS	2,807	$11,159	13.2

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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