The Small High School in South Dakota

This pamphlet is an expanded part of a larger and more inclusive study that is being made on Town-Country Relations in South Dakota, 1901 - 1951 for the Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State College, by Douglas Chittick, Associate Rural Sociologist. The trends in education for South Dakota are closely related to the conditions found in most communities in the State. This pamphlet has been designed to give a general understanding or State-wide conditions with respect to the small high school. In it Mr. Chittick has indicated the trends in school attendance and reorganization of school districts. He has also summarized some of the principles involved in school district reorganization. The recommendations made are worthy or your consideration. The late Dr. W. F. Kumlien, former Head of the Department of Rural Sociology at South Dakota State College, was one of the pioneers in the study of the reorganization of school districts. I feel that this pamphlet will answer many of the inquiries concerning school district reorganization that have come to this office since his death

Local School Units in South Dakota I. School Districts

The fact that 482 common school districts in South Dakota failed to operate a single too small. It may be noted that 25 counties had nine or more districts without schools. The fact that 10 west river counties were in this category is especially significant in as much as most of the districts in this part of the state are a township or more in size

Local School Units In South Dakota IV. School Districts Atlas, by Counties

Kingsbury County has 68 districts and 48 schools that are still operating. Another 24 schools, all common, have been closed during the past few years. Out of those closed,8 schools or 34% are sending their remaining pupils to neighboring common schools while 16 schools or 66% sent their remaining pupils to nearby town schools. For the state, as a whole, 60% of the remaining pupils from closed schools attend neighboring schools as tuition pupils while 40% attend town schools

An Interdenominational State-Wide Church Survey for South Dakota

This pamphlet plan is for conducting an interdenominational state-wide church survey has been evolved jointly by the research division of the Rural Sociology Department at South Dakota State College and the South Dakota Council of Churches and Christian Education. It is proposed that such a survey should be carried out by county units and on a family basis so that if and when the project is completed, the cooperators would have a complete record by counties of the church relationship of approximately every family in the state

IV. School Districts Atlas, by Counties

The main purpose of this pamphlet is to furnish: (1) a detailed series of county maps portraying all of the public school districts by type in South Dakota. (2) The location of all common schools operating in each county with their respective enrollment as of 1946-47. (3) The location of all common schools from which their respective districts are sending pupils as tuition students either to neighboring common schools or to town and consolidated schools. (4) A summary at the end in which is given the number of schools by counties and indicating where each school has sent its tuition pupils for 1946-47. The data in this study was obtained principally from two separate questionnaires, one sent to county superintendents, and the other sent to town and consolidated school superintendents. Acknowledgements are due to both groups of superintendents answering the questionnaires, and to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for furnishing certain basic materials

IV. School Districts Atlas, by Counties

The main purpose of this pamphlet is to furnish: (1) a detailed series of county maps portraying all of the public school districts by type in South Dakota. (2) The location of all common schools operating in each county with their respective enrollment as of 1944-45. (3) The location of all common schools from which their respective districts are sending pupils QS tuition students either to neighboring common schools or to town and consolidated schools. (4) A summary at the end in which is given the number of schools by counties and indicating where each school has sent its tuition pupils for 1944-45. The data in this study was obtained principally from two separate questionnaires, one sent to county superintendents, and the other sent to town and consolidated school superintendents. Acknowledgements are due to both groups of superintendents answering the questionnaires, and to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for furnishing certain basic materials

Rural Sociology IV. School District Atlas, by Counties

The main purpose of this pamphlet is to furnish: (1) a detailed series of county maps portraying all of the public school districts by type in South Dakota. (2) The location of all common schools operating in each county with their respective enrollment as of 1949-50. (3) The location of all common schools from which their respective districts are sending pupils as tuition students either to neighboring common schools or to town and consolidated schools. (4) A summary at the end in which is given the number of schools by counties and indicating where each school has sent its tuition pupils for 1949-50. The data in this study was obtained principally from two separate questionnaires, one sent to county superintendents, and the other sent to town and consolidated school superintendents. Acknowledgements are due to both groups of superintendents answering the questionnaires, and to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for furnishing certain basic materials