Clark School District 12-2
A public school district in Clark, South Dakota, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 497
- Students enrolled
- 40.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 78.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,583
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 497 in 2024–25
- Ranks 11,015th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 51st of 149 in South Dakota. Larger than 38% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,583 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 13% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Clark School District 12-2 spent $11,583 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,799 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,583 | $5.6 million | 482 |
| FY2022 | $11,435 | $5.5 million | 480 |
| FY2021 | $10,779 | $4.9 million | 458 |
| FY2020 | $10,377 | $4.6 million | 440 |
| FY2019 | $10,048 | $4.2 million | 413 |
| FY2018 | $10,712 | $4.1 million | 382 |
| FY2017 | $10,829 | $4.0 million | 374 |
| FY2016 | $9,693 | $3.8 million | 391 |
| FY2015 | $8,715 | $3.5 million | 403 |
| FY2014 | $8,936 | $3.5 million | 391 |
| FY2013 | $8,621 | $3.3 million | 385 |
| FY2012 | $8,143 | $3.1 million | 378 |
| FY2011 | $8,621 | $3.3 million | 380 |
| FY2010 | $8,964 | $3.5 million | 394 |
| FY2009 | $8,258 | $3.3 million | 400 |
| FY2008 | $7,926 | $3.1 million | 394 |
| FY2007 | $7,510 | $3.1 million | 416 |
| FY2006 | $7,128 | $3.1 million | 429 |
| FY2005 | $6,799 | $3.0 million | 447 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.2 million | 17.7% |
| State | $1.6 million | 24.1% |
| Local | $4.0 million | 58.2% |
| Total | $6.8 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
6 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Clark Elementary - 02 | 212 |
| Clark High School - 01 | 124 |
| Clark Middle School - 03 | 72 |
| Fordham Colony Elementary - 04 | 42 |
| Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 | 31 |
| Silver Lake Colony - 07 | 16 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 4612940
Elsewhere
- Public schools in South Dakota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in South Dakota — A to Z, each with its page.
- South Dakota on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved