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Dakota Valley School District 61-8

North Sioux City, South Dakota · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,341
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
89
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.1:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 103
  • Grade 1 97
  • Grade 2 98
  • Grade 3 88
  • Grade 4 85
  • Grade 5 94
  • Grade 6 114
  • Grade 7 121
  • Grade 8 110
  • Grade 9 104
  • Grade 10 115
  • Grade 11 107
  • Grade 12 105

By race/ethnicity

  • White 75%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 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

14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 190 of 1,341 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 11%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

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

$11,808 spent per student on day-to-day operations South Dakota median: $13,757 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,699
  • Support services $4,491
  • Other (food service, etc.) $618

Where the money comes from

  • Local 70%
  • State 26%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $20.0 milliontotal spending $17.8 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)

Suburb: Midsize

Total staff (FTE)

180

District office

1150 Northshore Dr, North Sioux City SD 57049

County

Union County

Official website

NCES District ID

4636990

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About Dakota Valley School District 61-8

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

The Dakota Valley School District only occupies 31.6 square miles and is located in the extreme southeast corner of South Dakota, bounded on the east by the Big Sioux River, and on the west and south by the Missouri River. The mission of Dakota Valley Schools is to ensure all students receive an enriched educational experience in a safe environment.
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