Additionally, the Grassy Butte district closed and sent its students to Killdeer.
In Fall 2003 the Killdeer district had around 400 students, a 10% increase from the previous year.
That year the school unveiled a modular classroom to get overflow.
The library and wrestling room held classes before the addition of the modular classroom.
[3] After the Grassy Butte merger and exodus from Halliday, the district did not get an increase in its transportation budget, but to do bus services to Grassy Butte it purchased a school bus for $50,000.