K-12 education in South Dakota

Education facts

State superintendent: Joe Graves

Number of students: 145,726

Number of teachers: 10,699

Teacher/pupil ratio: 1:13.6

Number of school districts: 169

Number of schools: 714

Graduation rate: 84%

Per-pupil spending: $10,208

See also

South Dakota Department of Education •List of school districts in South Dakota •South Dakota •School boards portal

Public education in the United States Public education in South Dakota Glossary of education terms

Note: These statistics are mainly from government sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics. Figures given were the most recent as of October 2022.

This page lists South Dakota'spublic school districts in alphabetical order.^[1] The list is updated once per decade following the release of theU.S. Census. Note that school districts may have been created, dissolved, or merged since the last update.

See also:School board elections in South Dakota

See also

• School board elections portal
• United States school districts
• National School Boards Association
• Consortium of State School Boards Associations
• South Dakota Department of Education
• Public education in South Dakota
• South Dakota

External links

Suggest a link

• National Center for Education Statistics

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