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Todd County School District 66-1

Mission, South Dakota · Public school district · #16 of 23 South Dakota districts by enrollment

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1,980

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,682

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 38% above the South Dakota median

12.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · South Dakota median 15.1

Todd County School District 66-1 is a public school district based in Mission, South Dakota, serving 1,980 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #16 of the 23 South Dakota districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 32% of them. Its schools average 152 students each, fewer than the South Dakota median of 394. It spends about $13,682 per student on day-to-day operations, 38% more than the South Dakota median. It has roughly 12.6 students per teacher.

How Todd County School District 66-1 compares

Todd County School District 66-1South Dakota median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,682

South Dakota median $9,927 · 38% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,709

South Dakota median $6,002 · 28% above · FY2020-21

Students per school152

South Dakota median 394 · 61% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.6

South Dakota median 15.1 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor141

South Dakota median 339 · 58% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$45.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 62%State 33%Local 5%

Measure	Todd County School District 66-1	South Dakota median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,682	$9,927	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,709	$6,002	FY2020-21
Total spending	$48.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$45.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	157	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	409	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.6	15.1	2024-25
Students per counselor	141	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
Mitchell School District 17-2Mitchell	2,619	9	$10,273	13.4	#13
Tea Area School District 41-5Tea	2,509	6	$8,406	17.3	#14
Spearfish School District 40-2Spearfish	2,385	7	$8,995	14.1	#15
Todd County School District 66-1Mission · this district	1,980	13	$13,682	12.6	#16
Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1Batesland	1,696	6	$18,871	11.9	#17

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Dunkirk City School DistrictDunkirk, NY	1,980	$21,970	9.3
Falmouth Public SchoolsFalmouth, ME	1,979	$20,654	10.0
Glassboro School DistrictGlassboro, NJ	1,979	$22,752	11.5
Tuttle Public SchoolsTuttle, OK	1,979	$8,749	16.0

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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