Selby Area School District 62-5

Located at 108 E Dakota St in Selby, South Dakota, the Selby Area School District 62-5 is an open, traditional public school system serving families within a rural remote geographic setting. Managing three operational schools, the district provides comprehensive educational programming across a complete Pre-K through 12th-grade curriculum. Currently, the district educates a total of 188 students with an even distribution of 94 female and 94 male learners. The student body is predominantly composed of White students (173), alongside small cohorts of American Indian (5), Hispanic (4), multiracial (4), and Asian (2) students, cultivating a tightly knit community across its elementary and secondary grade levels.

To support its academic and operational mission, the district maintains a robust workforce of approximately 96.6 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff members. This dedicated team includes nearly 41 FTE classroom teachers, 4.5 FTE instructional aides, and over 51 FTE support staff, creating a generous staffing context that ensures individualized attention. Class sizes remain intentionally small, ranging from 8 children in early childhood programming to cohort sizes of 10 to 19 students in the middle and high school grades. Families, prospective students, and educational researchers can learn more by visiting the district's official portal at selby.k12.sd.us or contacting the main office at (605) 649-7818.