Andes Central School District 11-1

What the Numbers Say About Andes Central School District 11-1

Andes Central School District 11-1 is a small school district in South Dakota, serving 346 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,188. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $98,931, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4639540 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the South Dakota statewide average of $67,949, teacher pay in Andes Central School District 11-1 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 45.6% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (20.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Dakota, it pays more than 93% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, Andes Central School District 11-1 reports $6.6M in total expenditure against $8.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.0M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.