Regular local school district · Pennington County
Douglas School District 51-1, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Douglas School District 51-1 runs 4 public schools with 2,808 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,808
- Teachers (FTE)
- 183
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 400 Patriot Dr, Box Elder, SD 57719
- Phone
- (605)923-0000
- County
- Pennington County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4619410
- State district ID
- SD-51001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 404
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 401 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
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 (2,755), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $33.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.4 million
- State revenue
- $15.7 million
- Local revenue
- $6.8 million
- Total spending
- $29.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,728
- Salaries
- $19.0 million64.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 33.5%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 20.0%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,728
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Douglas School District 51-1
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Douglas High School - 03 | High | 9 to 12 | 739 | 17.2 |
| Douglas Middle School - 01 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 633 | 14.4 |
| Patriot Elementary -06 | Elementary | PK to 3 | 982 | 15.8 |
| Vandenberg Elementary - 02 | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 454 | 15.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Pennington County
- Rapid City Area School District 51-4 12,308 students
- Hill City School District 51-2 520 students
- New Underwood School District 51-3 280 students
- Wall School District 51-5 273 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.