Regular local school district · Davison County
Mitchell School District 17-2, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Mitchell School District 17-2 runs 9 public schools with 2,619 students in grades K 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
- 9
- Students
- 2,619
- Teachers (FTE)
- 195
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 800 W 10th Ave, Mitchell, SD 57301
- Phone
- (605)995-3010
- County
- Davison County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4648390
- State district ID
- SD-17002
- Total staff (FTE)
- 390
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 873 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
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 (2,775), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $34.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.7 million
- State revenue
- $13.1 million
- Local revenue
- $15.9 million
- Total spending
- $31.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,189
- Salaries
- $16.2 million52.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.6%
- State: 37.7%
- Local: 45.8%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,189
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Mitchell School District 17-2
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Abbott House Elementary - 06 | Elementary | K to 8 | 13 | 3.2 |
| Abbott House High School - 07 | High | 9 to 12 | 18 | |
| Gertie Belle Rogers Elementary - 04 | Elementary | K to 5 | 379 | 14.0 |
| L. B. Williams Elementary - 03 | Elementary | K to 5 | 438 | 12.2 |
| Longfellow Elementary - 05 | Elementary | K to 5 | 290 | 9.7 |
| Mitchell High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 879 | 17.2 |
| Mitchell Middle School - 02 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 578 | 14.4 |
| Rockport Colony Elementary- 10 | Elementary | K to 8 | 12 | 12.0 |
| Rosedale Colony Elementary - 11 | Elementary | K to 8 | 21 | 21.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Davison County
- Ethan School District 17-1 287 students
- Mount Vernon School District 17-3 255 students
- James Valley Education 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.