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POPULATION
754,844

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW

NUMBER OF STUDENTS	122,012
NUMBER OF South Dakota SCHOOLS	731
NUMBER OF South Dakota SCHOOL DISTRICTS	179
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($)	8,508

State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS	PERCENTAGE

Grade 3 Reading Proficiency	86.8
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency	87.2
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency	85.1
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency	82.9
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency	79.5
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency	76.4
Grade 11 Reading Proficiency	69.5

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	85.0	57.0
BLACK (%)	1.6	17.2
HISPANIC (%)	2.0	19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	1.0	4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	10.5	1.2

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS	THIS STATE	NATION

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	32.0	41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%)	3.4	7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%)	14.2	12.2

South Dakota Educational Environment
POPULATION	STATE	NATION

POPULATION	779,792	299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	10	84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	STATE	NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	6.9%	6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD	19.1%	19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD	35.0%	36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD	24.9%	24.9%
65 OR OLDER	14.2%	12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	STATE	NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	305,939	112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	9.5%	11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	91.2%	85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	23.9%	28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	STATE	NATION
$150,000 or more	3.1%	6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999	6.1%	10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999	9.0%	11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999	20.8%	19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999	24.4%	21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999	20.7%	16.7%
$15,000 or less	15.9%	13.8%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$4,506	$549,810,886	53.0
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$428	$52,231,982	5.0
STAFF	$335	$40,846,160	3.9
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$281	$34,273,214	3.3
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$387	$47,250,781	4.6
OPERATION	$847	$103,296,603	10.0
TRANSPORTATION	$273	$33,278,105	3.2
OTHER	$284	$34,704,762	3.3
TOTAL SUPPORT	$2,835	$345,881,607	33.3
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,167	$142,387,917	13.7
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$8,508	$1,038,080,410	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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