Guess the median enrollment for a S.D. school district

South Dakota has 151 public school districts now that Viborg and Hurley have consolidated.

With 126,759 students last fall, that’s an average of 839 students per district. But the median is much smaller, at 321 (Bridgewater-Emery, coincidentally another recent consolidation).

As I mentioned Monday, 300 students (or 600 or 900, and so on) makes for a financially efficient school district because elementary school teachers generally have full classrooms. Many fall short of that ideal.

17 have fewer than 150

17 more are under 200

18 more are under 250

19 more are under 300

22 have between 300 and 400

10 are in the 400s

8 are in the 500s

17 have between 600 and 1,000

8 have between 1,000 and 1,500

10 are in the 2,000s

Brandon Valley has 3,458

Watertown 3,843