Regular local school district · Clark County
Clark School District 12-2, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Clark School District 12-2 runs 6 public schools with 497 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 497
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 220 N Clinton St, Clark, SD 57225
- Phone
- (605)532-3603
- County
- Clark County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4612940
- State district ID
- SD-12002
- Total staff (FTE)
- 78
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 497 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
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 (458), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $805,000
- State revenue
- $1.4 million
- Local revenue
- $4.0 million
- Total spending
- $5.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,192
- Salaries
- $2.8 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.9%
- State: 22.6%
- Local: 64.5%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,192
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Clark School District 12-2
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clark Elementary - 02 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 212 | 12.5 |
| Clark High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 124 | 13.8 |
| Clark Middle School - 03 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 72 | 10.3 |
| Fordham Colony Elementary - 04 | Elementary | K to 8 | 42 | 14.0 |
| Hillcrest Colony Elementary - 05 | Elementary | K to 8 | 31 | 15.5 |
| Silver Lake Colony - 07 | Elementary | K to 8 | 16 | 8.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Clark County
- Willow Lake School District 12-3 344 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.