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ExploreHarding County School District 31-1

Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 4609300

Harding County School District 31-1

Buffalo, SD

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

227

-0.4%YoY

Graduation Rate

82.3%

-5.3%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$24,631

+28.7%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

11.0:1

-22.0%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

100.0%

+0.1%vs. State

English Language Learners

26.3%

+65.4%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

13.2%

+17.9%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history-2.2%

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