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County / FIPS 46095

Mellette County

South Dakota

Mellette County runs 5 public schools reporting to NCES. No Medicare-certified hospital reports to CMS from here — a real finding about rural healthcare access, not a gap in this site; South Dakota has other facilities nearby.

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At a glance

Public schools

5schools

Hospitals

0facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

1,307sq mi

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Mellette County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$40.5M

2974th of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$21,1342020 population

Change since FY2021

+32%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Mellette County, FY2021–FY2025
$20M$40M$60M
$41M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$31M
2022$45M
2023$24M
2024$60M
2025$41M

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. Mellette County ranks 2974th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Public schools in Mellette County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Mellette County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
White River Elementary - 02White River School District 47-1White River165
White River High School - 01White River School District 47-1White River119
White River Middle School - 04White River School District 47-1White River90
Norris Elementary - 08White River School District 47-1White River45
Wood Elementary - 05Colome Consolidated 59-3Colome
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