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Garretson School District 49-4

Garretson, South Dakota · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

493
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
37
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.3:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 25
  • Kindergarten 41
  • Grade 1 26
  • Grade 2 43
  • Grade 3 42
  • Grade 4 34
  • Grade 5 35
  • Grade 6 33
  • Grade 7 40
  • Grade 8 32
  • Grade 9 34
  • Grade 10 35
  • Grade 11 31
  • Grade 12 42

By race/ethnicity

  • White 89%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Asian <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

21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 102 of 493 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 15%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

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

$11,773 spent per student on day-to-day operations South Dakota median: $13,757 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,581
  • Support services $4,277
  • Other (food service, etc.) $915

Where the money comes from

  • Local 55%
  • State 35%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $6.9 milliontotal spending $8.9 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

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

71

District office

505 2nd St, Garretson SD 57030

County

Minnehaha County

Official website

NCES District ID

4626370

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About Garretson School District 49-4

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

The Garretson School District is located in the southeast part of South Dakota approximately 20 minutes northeast of Sioux Falls just north of I-90 and covers over eighty-eight square miles along the Minnesota border. Garretson has a population of 1165. The Garretson School District serves approximately 245 elementary students, 106 middle school students, 167 high school students and 2 alternative school pupils. With a professional staff comprised of a Superintendent, 6-12 Principal, K-5 Principal and 33 teachers, the school has a 1:15 teacher–to-student ratio. Mission: Creating a Gateway to Life-Long Learning
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