Regular local school district · Brown County
Groton Area School District 06-6, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Groton Area School District 06-6 runs 3 public schools with 578 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 578
- Teachers (FTE)
- 43
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 502 N 2nd St, Groton, SD 57445
- Phone
- (605)397-2351
- County
- Brown County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4600045
- State district ID
- SD-06006
- Total staff (FTE)
- 81
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 578 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
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 (623), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $930,000
- State revenue
- $405,000
- Local revenue
- $7.2 million
- Total spending
- $7.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,429
- Salaries
- $3.9 million54.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.9%
- State: 4.8%
- Local: 84.3%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,429
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Groton Area School District 06-6
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Groton Area Elementary - 02 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 278 | 13.9 |
| Groton Area High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 168 | 12.9 |
| Groton Area Middle School - 04 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 132 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Brown County
- Aberdeen School District 06-1 4,233 students
- Warner School District 06-5 313 students
- Frederick Area School District 06-2 187 students
- SD Sch for the Blind & Visually Impaired 19 students
- North Central Special Ed 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.