Regular local school district · Aurora County
Plankinton School District 01-1, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Plankinton School District 01-1 runs 7 public schools with 286 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.9 students per teacher is 4.3 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 286
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 404 E Davenport St, Plankinton, SD 57368
- Phone
- (605)942-7453
- County
- Aurora County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4655710
- State district ID
- SD-01001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 55
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 286 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.9
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 (292), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $532,000
- State revenue
- $2.0 million
- Local revenue
- $2.6 million
- Total spending
- $4.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,651
- Salaries
- $1.9 million42.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $424,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 39.3%
- Local: 50.3%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,651
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Plankinton School District 01-1
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aurora Plains Academy High School - 05 | High | 9 to 12 | 10 | 3.3 |
| Aurora Plains Academy Middle School - 04 | Middle | 4 to 8 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Dakota Reach - 06 | High | 9 to 12 | 5 | |
| Dakota Reach Middle School - 07 | Middle | 5 to 8 | 2 | |
| Plankinton Elementary - 02 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 132 | 11.0 |
| Plankinton High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 86 | 10.8 |
| Plankinton Middle School - 03 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 49 | 16.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Aurora County
- White Lake School District 01-3 125 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.