Harrisburg School District (South Dakota)
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| Harrisburg School District | |
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| Location | |
| , Lincoln County, South Dakota, 57032 United States | |
| District information | |
| Motto | Building Strong Foundations for Success |
| Grades | PK–12[1] |
| Established | 1894 |
| Superintendent | Tim Graf |
| Schools | 11[1] |
| NCES District ID | 4631350[1] |
| District ID | 41-2 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 6,098 (2023–24)[1] |
| Teachers | 455.39 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 13.39[1] |
| District mascot | Tigers |
| Colors | Maroon & Gold |
| Other information | |
| Website | harrisburgdistrict41-2 |
Harrisburg School District is one of the largest school districts in South Dakota, located 7 miles from Sioux Falls in Lincoln County, serving 6,195 students as of the 2024–2025 school year.[2] The superintendent of the district is Tim Graf.[2] Due to the overlap between the city limits of Sioux Falls and the Harrisburg School District, 2 of the 3 middle schools and 4 of the 7 elementary schools are located within the city of Sioux Falls in addition to the Freshman Academy campus of Harrisburg High School.
Former high school principal Dr. Kevin Lein, was shot on September 30, 2015 by Mason Buhl, a student at the school. Current principal Ryan Rollinger (who, at the time, was the assistant principal) tackled the shooter. This marked the second in-school shooting in South Dakota, and the first with malicious intent involved. The principal was not seriously injured, sustaining only a shot in his arm.[3]
Harrisburg offers its high school students a "1-to-1 Program" utilizing Apple MacBook Air's and Apple MacBook Pros.[4]
Harrisburg has also Pioneered a Modular Customized Learning option, which allows for students to move through curriculum at their own pace, and perform necessary learning targets with different media based projects.[5]
On December 13, 2019, an unidentified student threatened Harrisburg North, one of the districts 2 middle schools. In an Email to KSFY (now Dakota News Now), the school district said that "the threat was not viable." School was not called off.[6]
