School district · South Dakota
Belle Fourche School District 09-1
Belle Fourche School District 09-1 in South Dakota: 4 public schools with 1,239 students and 12.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,815 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,239
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- SD 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $11,815
- SD $13K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.8
- Counselors (FTE)
- 1.0
- Students per counselor
- 1,239
- SD 330 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$8.4K15
$8.6K16
$9.0K17
$8.9K18
$9.2K19
$9.0K20
$9.5K21
$10.6K22
$11.0K23
$11.8K24
- Federal
- 15% · $2.8M
- State
- 40% · $7.2M
- Local
- 44% · $8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,109
- Support services
- $4,118
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $1.6M
- Long-term debt
- $443K
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | 89 | 10.6 | |
| 1–4 | 347 | 11.5 | |
| 5–8 | 414 | 13.5 | |
| 9–12 | 389 | 14.6 |
Sources
- Address
- 2305 13th Ave, Belle Fourche, SD 57717
- Phone
- (605)723-3355
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).