Regular local school district · Kingsbury County
Lake Preston School District 38-3, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Lake Preston School District 38-3 runs 3 public schools with 170 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.1 students per teacher is 6.1 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 170
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21
- Students per teacher
- 8.1
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 1st St NE, Lake Preston, SD 57249
- Phone
- (605)847-4455
- County
- Kingsbury County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4639990
- State district ID
- SD-38003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 40
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 170 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.1
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 (187), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $493,000
- State revenue
- $659,000
- Local revenue
- $2.5 million
- Total spending
- $3.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,545
- Salaries
- $1.6 million52.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.6%
- State: 18.1%
- Local: 68.3%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,545
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Lake Preston School District 38-3
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lake Preston Elementary - 02 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 96 | 9.6 |
| Lake Preston High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 41 | 5.9 |
| Lake Preston Middle School - 03 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 33 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kingsbury County
- De Smet School District 38-2 362 students
- Arlington School District 38-1 292 students
- Iroquois School District 02-3 220 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.