Regular local school district · Lake County
Chester Area School District 39-1, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Chester Area School District 39-1 runs 7 public schools with 582 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.6 students per teacher is 2.4 higher than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 582
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35
- Students per teacher
- 16.6
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 102 2nd Ave, Chester, SD 57016
- Phone
- (605)489-2411
- County
- Lake County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4612300
- State district ID
- SD-39001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 78
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 291 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.6
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 (585), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $730,000
- State revenue
- $2.2 million
- Local revenue
- $3.7 million
- Total spending
- $5.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,774
- Salaries
- $3.4 million59.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.9%
- State: 33.5%
- Local: 55.6%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,774
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Chester Area School District 39-1
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Chester Area Cyber School - 92 | High | 9 to 12 | 106 | 26.5 |
| Chester Elementary -02 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 154 | 17.1 |
| Chester High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 107 | 10.7 |
| Chester Middle School - 03 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 67 | 13.4 |
| Graceville Colony - 07 | Elementary | K to 8 | 23 | 11.5 |
| High Plains - 06 | High | 9 to 12 | 84 | |
| Rustic Acres Elementary - 04 | Elementary | K to 8 | 41 | 13.7 |
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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.