Town Hall · Prairie Center

Prairie Center, SD town hall & government

Prairie Center spent $52,000 in the year to February 28, 2022, about $283 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Prairie Center's government.

Town budget

Where Prairie Center's money goes

Spent
$52,000
fiscal year to February 28, 2022
Per resident
$283
spending per person
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Roads & transportation
$50,00096%
Other
$2,0004%

Where the money comes from

  • From other local governments 100%
Town workforce

Who works for Prairie Center

Full-time staff
0
8 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time8 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Vermillion School District 13-1

Prairie Center's K–12 school district, shared with Fairview, Vermillion, Vermillion, Norway, Spirit Mound and Brule. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$11,960
South Dakota: $13,040
Students
1,432
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$34.4 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from South Dakota districts overall: 50% local, 31% state, 19% federal

  • Local 54%
  • State 33%
  • Federal 14%

Of the $11,960 per pupil, $6,414 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Also serving Prairie Center: Beresford School District 61-2 ($13,173 per pupil).

Local

Contact Prairie Center's government

Town hall & decisions in Prairie Center →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Prairie Center

Prairie Center is represented in Congress by Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds and Representative Dusty Johnson. Larry Rhoden is governor.

All of Prairie Center's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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