County / FIPS 46033
Custer County
South Dakota
Custer County runs 8 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS.
At a glance
Public schools
8
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
0
Land area
1,557
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Custer County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$103.8M
Per resident
$12,485
Change since FY2021
+3%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $101M |
| 2022 | $91M |
| 2023 | $98M |
| 2024 | $104M |
| 2025 | $104M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Custer County ranks 2316th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Custer County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Monument Health Custer Hospital | Custer | Not rated |
Public schools in Custer County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer Elementary - 02 | Custer School District 16-1 | Custer | 304 |
| Custer High School - 01 | Custer School District 16-1 | Custer | 284 |
| Custer Jr. High - 05 | Custer School District 16-1 | Custer | 101 |
| Hermosa Elementary - 04 | Custer School District 16-1 | Hermosa | 222 |
| Elk Mountain Elementary - 01 | Elk Mountain School District 16-2 | Dewey | 9 |
| Elk Mountain High School - 04 | Elk Mountain School District 16-2 | Dewey | 2 |
| A.C.E. High Academy - 06 | Custer School District 16-1 | Custer | — |
| Hermosa Middle School - 07 | Custer School District 16-1 | Hermosa | — |