Minnehaha County · South Dakota
Sioux Falls, SD public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Sioux Falls School District 49-5 — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 is the primary public district for Sioux Falls, SD. It enrolls 25,123 students in 43 schools with 1,683 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $13,249 per pupil, 24% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 25,123NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 43Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 14.9Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $13,249Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Sioux Falls
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 48.7%
- $151,301,000
- State revenue
- 35.5%
- $110,338,000
- Federal revenue
- 15.7%
- $48,875,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Sioux Falls property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 45 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Sioux Falls School District 49-5 (LEAID 4666270) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Sioux Falls data on this site.
NCES LEAID 4666270. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.