Can I use Faulk County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Faulk County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Faulk County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Faulk County?

Start with the 7 listed public schools and 1 district entry, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Faulk County Schools & Education

Name: Faulk County, South Dakota Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Faulk County, South Dakota

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

52/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Midrange Signal

Graduation Rate

90.0%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

90.0%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 82.4%

Per-Pupil Spending

$7,561

National avg $13,239

State avg $7,409

School Score

52/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 38/100

State Score Position

#15

of 65 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Faulk County

Measured School Summary

Faulk County performs at an average level with a school score of 52/100 and a solid graduation rate of 90.0%.

Funding Context

At $7,561 per pupil, Faulk County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 38% above the South Dakota average, and its graduation rate exceeds the state average by 7.6 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 2% higher than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Faulk County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

7 public schools and 1 district are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

52/100

Mixed county signal. Ranks #15 of 65 South Dakota counties with school score data.

Completion

90.0%

7.6 pts above the state average

Funding context

$7,561

$152 above the state average

School coverage

1 district represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

This county needs a closer look at district mix, school level, and local context. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Faulk County has 7 public schools across 1 district, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Faulk County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Small-system county

Faulk County has a compact public-school footprint. A single school change, boundary rule, or district update can move the lived experience more than the county score suggests.

State position

#15

of 65 South Dakota counties with school score data. The county score is 14 points above the state average.

Data confidence

Usable

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Compare schools, then verify missing fields locally.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

Faulkton Area Schools 24-4

Elementary to high school visible

386 students

Elementary 4Middle 1High 2Other 0

7 listed schools in this county slice.

District reality check

Faulkton Area Schools 24-4 is the largest listed district slice, with 7 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Faulk County?

Which attendance zones, transfer rules, and transportation policies apply inside the local district?

What changes at the elementary-to-middle and middle-to-high transitions in the district pathway we would likely use?

If we need a program not visible in the NCES flags, which district office can confirm current offerings?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

Data Story

Faulk County School Score Surpasses National Median

Education data brief for Faulk County, South Dakota.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:School score

Faulk County reports a composite school score of 52.3, exceeding the national median of 50.0 and the South Dakota state average of 38.3. This score accompanies a graduation rate of 90.0%, which is higher than both the state average of 82.4% and the national benchmark of 87.0%. All public education in the county is consolidated under the Faulkton Area Schools 24-4 district, which manages seven schools for a total of 386 students. The average school size is small at 55 students, with all facilities located in rural areas. Per-pupil spending in the county is $7,561, slightly higher than the state average of $7,409 but well below the national average of $13,000. The largest facility is Faulkton Elementary with 162 students. See the NCES Common Core of Data for school-level records.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Faulk County

Reported Enrollment

386

7 schools reporting

School Districts

district

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary4

Middle1

High2

Other0

1 School District in Faulk County

Faulkton Area Schools 24-4

7 schools

386 students enrolled

7 Public Schools in Faulk County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Every NCES public school remains listed here; no school-level profile pages are included in the current generated coverage for this county.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Faulk County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Faulkton Elementary - 02	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	PK–5	Primary	162
Faulkton High School - 01	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	9–12	High	77
Faulkton Middle School - 08	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	6–8	Middle	57
Blumengard Colony Elementary - 06	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	KG–8	Primary	34
Thunderbird Colony Elementary - 10	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	KG–8	Primary	30
Brentwood Colony Elementary - 05	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	KG–8	Primary	20
Brentwood Colony Virtual High School - 92	Record	Faulkton Area Schools 24-4	Faulkton, 57438Rural: Remote	9–12	High	6

Faulkton Elementary - 02

Faulkton Area Schools 24-4