Regular local school district · Brookings County
Brookings School District 05-1, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Brookings School District 05-1 runs 9 public schools with 3,546 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 1.2 higher than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,546
- Teachers (FTE)
- 231
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2130 8th St S, Brookings, SD 57006
- Phone
- (605)696-4700
- County
- Brookings County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4608520
- State district ID
- SD-05001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 484
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 355 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,346), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $41.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $14.5 million
- Local revenue
- $21.9 million
- Total spending
- $42.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,623
- Salaries
- $21.1 million50.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.2%
- State: 35.0%
- Local: 52.8%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,623
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Brookings School District 05-1
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bobcat Plains Academy Elementary School - 94 | Elementary | K to 5 | 0 | |
| Bobcat Plains Academy High School - 92 | High | 9 to 12 | 77 | |
| Bobcat Plains Academy Middle School - 93 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 4 | |
| Brookings High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 979 | 16.9 |
| Camelot Intermediate - 06 | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 523 | 17.4 |
| Dakota Prairie Elementary - 07 | Elementary | PK to 3 | 509 | 15.0 |
| George S. Mickelson Middle School - 02 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 780 | 14.4 |
| Hillcrest Elementary - 04 | Elementary | PK to 3 | 316 | 13.7 |
| Medary Elementary - 05 | Elementary | PK to 3 | 358 | 12.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Brookings County
- Sioux Valley School District 05-5 742 students
- Deubrook Area School District 05-6 429 students
- Elkton School District 05-3 429 students
More in South Dakota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.