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Bison School District 52-1

Bison, South Dakota · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

135
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
17
Classroom teachers (FTE)
8.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 5
  • Grade 1 6
  • Grade 2 8
  • Grade 3 13
  • Grade 4 10
  • Grade 5 7
  • Grade 6 16
  • Grade 7 9
  • Grade 8 9
  • Grade 9 12
  • Grade 10 9
  • Grade 11 10
  • Grade 12 21

By race/ethnicity

  • White 90%
  • Hispanic/Latino 5%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 4%
  • Two or more races <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 36 of 135 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 22%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,358 spent per student on day-to-day operations South Dakota median: $13,757 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,759
  • Support services $6,832
  • Other (food service, etc.) $766

Where the money comes from

  • Local 63%
  • State 24%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $2.9 milliontotal spending $2.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

32

District office

200 E Carr St, Bison SD 57620

County

Perkins County

Official website

NCES District ID

4607050

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About Bison School District 52-1

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Bison School District holds the vision to promote a healthy environment fostering academic growth, instilling pride in rural community, and inspiring responsible life-long learners as citizens of a global world. · We will create an environment where all students feel confident and competent to meet the challenges of a technological society. · We will provide an academic curriculum with high goals and expectations for all students provided by highly qualified teachers. · We will develop respect, integrity, compassion, and responsibility within each student. · We will prepare students to participate actively and successfully as productive, responsible citizens. · We will appreciate and respect the historical uniqueness of the community, county, state and country.
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