State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

South Dakota South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, 700 Governor's Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2291	Download, view and print South Dakota's report as a pdf file. 330KB
Superintendent of Education Secretary Ray Christensen, (605) 773-5669
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Susan Ryan, (605) 773-4748
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Susan Ryan, (605) 773-4748

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


126,817	143,331	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
790	832	Public schools
8,172	9,625	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
77,047	77,047	Land area in square miles
1.6	1.9	Public school students per square mile
1.0	1.1	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

696	738	State population (in thousands)
$1,995	$3,138	State revenue per capita
$1,623	$2,806	State expenditure per capita
$211	$404	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$78,622	$135,041	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	227	100%	218	Total public education agencies
85.5%	194	81.2%	177	Regular school districts
5.7%	13	7.8%	17	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	2.3%	5	State-operated agencies
8.8%	20	8.7%	19	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
0.9%	2	0.9%	2	25 to 99 schools
3.1%	7	2.3%	5	10 to 24 schools
17.6%	40	18.8%	41	5 to 9 schools
59.5%	135	72.5%	158	1 to 4 schools
18.9%	43	5.5%	12	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	790	100%	832	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
97.6%	771	96.6%	804	Regular schools
1.1%	9	1.6%	13	Special education schools
0.0%	0	0.5%	4	Vocational schools
1.3%	10	1.3%	11	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

33.8%	267	32.2%	268	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
15.7%	124	11.8%	98	PK, K, 1 to 8
5.8%	46	9.3%	77	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
13.5%	107	13.6%	113	7 to 8, 9
0.0%	0	0.2%	2	7, 8 to 12
22.2%	175	22.7%	189	9, 10, 11 to 12
7.7%	61	7.9%	66	Other grades
1.3%	10	0.8%	7	Ungraded
0.0%	0	1.4%	12	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


367	1,192	Prekindergarten
11,165	10,284	Kindergarten
11,312	10,625	First
10,853	10,454	Second
10,251	10,264	Third
9,702	10,668	Fourth
9,524	10,905	Fifth
9,262	11,235	Sixth
9,249	11,430	Seventh
8,573	11,377	Eighth
8,461	12,497	Ninth
8,789	11,313	Tenth
8,987	10,521	Eleventh
8,829	9,552	Twelfth
1,493	1,014	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	11.0%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	25.1%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.6%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

86.2%	8,074	98.1%	8,532	Regular diploma
	—	1.7%	149	Other diploma
13.8%	1,289		—	High school equivalency
	—	0.2%	20	Other completers
	—		—	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

did not participate in the NAEP 1996 State Assessment

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

—	—	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level
—	—	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	14,202	100%	18,088	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
57.5%	8,172	53.2%	9,625	Teachers
8.3%	1,178	13.5%	2,450	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.8%	249	1.9%	345	Guidance counselors/directors
1.8%	255	1.4%	247	Librarians/library support
7.7%	1,087	5.2%	942	Administrative support
18.9%	2,678	20.0%	3,617	Other support services
				Administrators
3.0%	430	2.5%	461	School-based
1.1%	153	2.2%	401	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.5%	0.1%	Public school teachers with no degree
82.0%	75.1%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
16.2%	23.2%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
1.3%	1.6%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$11,222	$17,356	National school lunch
$1,544	$2,658	National school breakfast
$11,448	$20,469	Title I
$5,776	$10,251	Education for the handicapped
$4,978	$5,202	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$7,994	School improvement
$14,790	$23,869	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$962	$1,787	Bilingual education
$1,728	$86	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$434,761	$747,324	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,428	$5,214	Revenue per pupil in membership
$389,436	$627,109	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,071	$4,375	Current expenditure per pupil in membership