School district · South Dakota
Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1
Oglala Lakota County School District 65-1 in South Dakota: 6 public schools with 1,696 students and 11.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $26,356 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,696
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- SD 13.8 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $26,356
- 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)
- 143
- Counselors (FTE)
- 5.8
- Students per counselor
- 295
- SD 330 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.6
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on South Dakota's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
South Dakota: 49%8.3%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of school districts in South Dakota
Median 51% · 147 school districts compared
519 students tested, grades 3, 5, 7, 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
South Dakota: 45%7.9%proficient
A lower share proficient than 99% of school districts in South Dakota
Median 46% · 146 school districts compared
127 students tested, grades 3 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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.
- Federal
- 74% · $54.4M
- State
- 22% · $15.9M
- Local
- 4.7% · $3.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $12,667
- Support services
- $12,377
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $30.8M
- Long-term debt
- $6.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batesland School - 01Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 175 | 12.5 | 12% | 8.3% |
Red Shirt School - 04Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 53 | 7.6 | — | — |
Rockyford School - 03Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 404 | 12.2 | 7.3% | 14% |
Wolf Creek School - 02Free meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 567 | 12.2 | 7.8% | — |
Lakota Tech High School - 10Career and technicalFree meals for all | 9–12 | 414 | 11.2 | — | — |
Oglala Lakota County Virtual High School - 92Fully virtual | 9–12 | 83 | 32.2 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 206 School St, Batesland, SD 57716
- Phone
- (605)288-1921
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.