Douglas School District 51-1
A public school district in Box Elder, South Dakota, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,808
- Students enrolled
- 183.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 404.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,597
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,808 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,479th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 11th of 149 in South Dakota. Larger than 80% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,597 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
Douglas School District 51-1 spent $11,597 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,164 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 | $11,597 | $31.9 million | 2,750 |
| FY2022 | $12,366 | $34.7 million | 2,804 |
| FY2021 | $10,399 | $28.6 million | 2,755 |
| FY2020 | $9,243 | $26.4 million | 2,858 |
| FY2019 | $8,708 | $25.5 million | 2,927 |
| FY2018 | $8,756 | $25.9 million | 2,954 |
| FY2017 | $9,165 | $25.9 million | 2,824 |
| FY2016 | $8,497 | $23.7 million | 2,792 |
| FY2015 | $8,739 | $23.8 million | 2,722 |
| FY2014 | $8,522 | $23.0 million | 2,703 |
| FY2013 | $8,632 | $22.4 million | 2,590 |
| FY2012 | $8,614 | $22.6 million | 2,619 |
| FY2011 | $8,893 | $23.0 million | 2,583 |
| FY2010 | $9,407 | $23.2 million | 2,462 |
| FY2009 | $8,955 | $21.7 million | 2,424 |
| FY2008 | $9,166 | $21.0 million | 2,289 |
| FY2007 | $9,012 | $20.8 million | 2,306 |
| FY2006 | $8,597 | $19.9 million | 2,319 |
| FY2005 | $8,164 | $20.9 million | 2,555 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $9.9 million | 28.1% |
| State | $17.1 million | 48.5% |
| Local | $8.3 million | 23.4% |
| Total | $35.4 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
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Douglas High School - 03 | 739 |
| Douglas Middle School - 01 | 633 |
| Patriot Elementary -06 | 982 |
| Vandenberg Elementary - 02 | 454 |
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
- 4619410
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