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Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1

Batesland, South Dakota · Public school district · #17 of 23 South Dakota districts by enrollment

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1,696

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,871

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 90% above the South Dakota median

11.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Dakota median 15.1

Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 is a public school district based in Batesland, South Dakota, serving 1,696 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 23 South Dakota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 27% of them. Its schools average 283 students each, fewer than the South Dakota median of 394. It spends about $18,871 per student on day-to-day operations, 90% more than the South Dakota median. It has roughly 11.9 students per teacher.

How Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 compares

Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1South Dakota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,871

South Dakota median $9,927 · 90% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,701

South Dakota median $6,002 · 62% above · FY2020-21

Students per school283

South Dakota median 394 · 28% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.9

South Dakota median 15.1 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor339

South Dakota median 339 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$42.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 66%State 30%Local 3%

Measure	Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1	South Dakota median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,871	$9,927	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,701	$6,002	FY2020-21
Total spending	$37.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$42.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	577	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.9	15.1	2024-25
Students per counselor	339	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
Todd County School District 66-1Mission	1,980	13	$13,682	12.6	#16
Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1Batesland · this district	1,696	6	$18,871	11.9	#17
West Central School District 49-7Hartford	1,418	6	$10,134	15.4	#18
Vermillion School District 13-1Vermillion	1,381	3	$10,133	13.8	#19
Dakota Valley School District 61-8North Sioux City	1,341	4	$9,927	15.1	#20

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hamburg School DistrictHamburg, AR	1,697	$10,450	14.4
Dunklin R-VHerculaneum, MO	1,697	$10,715	13.8
Pompton Lakes School DistrictPompton Lakes, NJ	1,697	$21,405	11.7
Pittsgrove Township School DistrictPittsgrove, NJ	1,696	$19,926	12.3

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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