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Dell Rapids School District 49-3, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Dell Rapids School District 49-3 runs 3 public schools with 965 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is about the same as the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 965
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1216 N Garfield Ave, Dell Rapids, SD 57022
- Phone
- (605)428-5473
- County
- Minnehaha County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4618120
- State district ID
- SD-49003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 118
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 322 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
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 (978), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.8 million
- State revenue
- $4.1 million
- Local revenue
- $6.8 million
- Total spending
- $13.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,610
- Salaries
- $5.7 million42.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.5%
- State: 32.4%
- Local: 53.1%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,610
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Dell Rapids School District 49-3
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dell Rapids Elementary - 02 | Elementary | K to 4 | 355 | 13.1 |
| Dell Rapids High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 315 | 16.6 |
| Dell Rapids Middle School - 03 | Middle | 5 to 8 | 295 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Minnehaha County
- Sioux Falls School District 49-5 25,051 students
- Brandon Valley School District 49-2 5,115 students
- West Central School District 49-7 1,418 students
- Tri-Valley School District 49-6 952 students
- Baltic School District 49-1 568 students
- Garretson School District 49-4 493 students
- East Dakota Educational Cooperative 0 students
- Cornbelt Educational Cooperative
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.