Tea Area School District 41-5
A public school district in Tea, South Dakota, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,509
- Students enrolled
- 145.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 287.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,842
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,509 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,830th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 14th of 149 in South Dakota. Larger than 78% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,842 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 3% 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
Tea Area School District 41-5 spent $9,842 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,343 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 | $9,842 | $23.2 million | 2,361 |
| FY2022 | $8,726 | $19.6 million | 2,243 |
| FY2021 | $8,406 | $17.3 million | 2,061 |
| FY2020 | $8,038 | $15.8 million | 1,962 |
| FY2019 | $7,742 | $14.8 million | 1,906 |
| FY2018 | $7,847 | $14.1 million | 1,791 |
| FY2017 | $7,857 | $13.4 million | 1,710 |
| FY2016 | $7,510 | $12.2 million | 1,629 |
| FY2015 | $7,456 | $11.2 million | 1,501 |
| FY2014 | $6,887 | $10.2 million | 1,481 |
| FY2013 | $6,405 | $9.5 million | 1,488 |
| FY2012 | $6,395 | $8.8 million | 1,383 |
| FY2011 | $6,826 | $9.0 million | 1,318 |
| FY2010 | $6,864 | $8.4 million | 1,227 |
| FY2009 | $6,441 | $7.8 million | 1,210 |
| FY2008 | $6,040 | $6.9 million | 1,137 |
| FY2007 | $6,037 | $6.3 million | 1,048 |
| FY2006 | $5,748 | $5.6 million | 982 |
| FY2005 | $5,343 | $4.6 million | 854 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.1 million | 7.2% |
| State | $14.2 million | 48.3% |
| Local | $13.1 million | 44.5% |
| Total | $29.4 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
6 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Tea Area Frontier Elementary - 05 | 292 |
| Tea Area High School - 03 | 717 |
| Tea Area Legacy Elementary - 01 | 538 |
| Tea Area Middle School - 02 | 583 |
| Tea Area Preschool - 07 | 0 |
| Tea Area Venture Elementary - 06 | 379 |
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
- 4600052
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