Regular local school district · Custer County
Custer School District 16-1, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Custer School District 16-1 runs 6 public schools with 887 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.8 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 887
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 527 Montgomery St, Custer, SD 57730
- Phone
- (605)673-3154
- County
- Custer County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4616950
- State district ID
- SD-16001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 171
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 444 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.8
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 (889), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $14.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $568,000
- Local revenue
- $10.8 million
- Total spending
- $19.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,097
- Salaries
- $6.1 million31.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.1%
- State: 4.1%
- Local: 76.9%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,097
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Custer School District 16-1
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A.C.E. High Academy - 06 | High | 9 to 12 | 16 | 16.0 |
| Custer Elementary - 02 | Elementary | PK to 6 | 269 | 10.3 |
| Custer High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 272 | 14.3 |
| Custer Junior High - 05 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 101 | 14.4 |
| Hermosa Elementary - 04 | Elementary | PK to 6 | 181 | 12.1 |
| Hermosa Middle School - 07 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 48 | 9.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Custer County
- Elk Mountain School District 16-2 16 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.