Regular local school district · Spink County
Northwestern Area School District 56-7, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Northwestern Area School District 56-7 runs 6 public schools with 387 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.9 students per teacher is about the same as the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 387
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 221 3rd St, Mellette, SD 57461
- Phone
- (605)887-3467
- County
- Spink County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4651750
- State district ID
- SD-56007
- Total staff (FTE)
- 52
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 387 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.9
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 (321), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $539,000
- State revenue
- $678,000
- Local revenue
- $2.9 million
- Total spending
- $3.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,184
- Salaries
- $1.8 million50.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.0%
- State: 16.4%
- Local: 70.6%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,184
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Northwestern Area School District 56-7
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hutterville Colony Elementary - 06 | Elementary | K to 8 | 16 | 8.0 |
| iSucceed - 92 | High | 9 to 12 | 82 | 82.0 |
| iSucceed Middle School - 93 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 7 | |
| Northwestern Elementary - 04 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 135 | 15.0 |
| Northwestern High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 91 | 13.0 |
| Northwestern Middle School - 02 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 56 | 14.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Spink County
- Redfield School District 56-4 523 students
- Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6 236 students
- Doland School District 56-2 141 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.