Custer School District 16-1
Serves Custer, Hermosa, Pringle and Fairburn.
Custer’s School Grade B better than 61% of South Dakota school districts
What stands out about Custer School District 16-1
- Its letter, B: results better than 61% of South Dakota districts
- Graduation rate 8 pts above the state
- Spends 27% more per student than the SD average
- 12 students per teacher
- Debt of $23.7M, about $26,697 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B: better than 61% of the 147 South Dakota school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Custer. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. SD
2021–22 · class of 202397% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2023–24.
Schools in the district
6 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with South Dakota’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within South Dakota.