Regular local school district · Harding County
Harding County School District 31-1, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Harding County School District 31-1 runs 3 public schools with 227 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is 2.9 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 227
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 12474 Tipperary St, Buffalo, SD 57720
- Phone
- (605)375-3241
- County
- Harding County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4609300
- State district ID
- SD-31001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 40
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 227 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
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 (194), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $657,000
- State revenue
- $1.0 million
- Local revenue
- $3.1 million
- Total spending
- $4.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,495
- Salaries
- $1.8 million45.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.7%
- State: 20.8%
- Local: 65.5%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,495
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Harding County School District 31-1
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Buffalo Elementary - 02 | Elementary | K to 5 | 101 | 11.2 |
| Harding County High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 66 | 11.0 |
| Harding County Middle School - 03 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 60 | 20.0 |
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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.