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Timber Lake School District 20-3

Timber Lake, South Dakota · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

372
Students enrolled
3
Public schools
36
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.3:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 21
  • Kindergarten 40
  • Grade 1 23
  • Grade 2 26
  • Grade 3 25
  • Grade 4 24
  • Grade 5 26
  • Grade 6 26
  • Grade 7 24
  • Grade 8 20
  • Grade 9 31
  • Grade 10 27
  • Grade 11 31
  • Grade 12 28

By race/ethnicity

  • American Indian or Alaska Native 53%
  • White 43%
  • Hispanic/Latino 2%
  • Two or more races 1%
  • Black or African American <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

38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 141 of 372 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 27%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

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

$19,846 spent per student on day-to-day operations South Dakota median: $13,757 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,131
  • Support services $8,704
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,010

Where the money comes from

  • Local 15%
  • State 27%
  • Federal 58%

Total revenue $9.8 milliontotal spending $9.6 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

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

79

District office

500 Main St, Timber Lake SD 57656

County

Dewey County

Official website

NCES District ID

4671880

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About Timber Lake School District 20-3

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

PHILOSOPHY: The primary function of the Timber Lake Public School System is to promote the wellrounded and continuous growth of its youth into effective citizens in the democratic society. To attain this goal the school shall endeavor to provide a suitable environment for helpful guidance, training, and experiences which will assist each student to become better adjusted in his/her family, social, and business relationships, concerned for his/her own welfare and the welfare of others, open minded on controversial issues, trained in work habits, skills, and logical reasoning, and prepared for profitable and gratifying use of leisure time. Furthermore the school shall endeavor to provide for the physical and moral wellbeing of each student. Finally, the school shall cooperate with the home, church, and other community forces to build the education experiences of the youth. MISSION STATEMENT: Timber Lake School provides a safe environment that empowers students to become critical thinkers and responsible lifelong learners in a changing society.
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