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Centerville School District 60-1

Centerville School District 60-1 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (290 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Centerville School District 60-1 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$48,947
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$13,690
Per-pupil spending
290
Students enrolled
35th
Pct. in SD
$48,947

Centerville School District 60-1 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (290 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $48,947, below the national average of $70,245, serving 290 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Centerville School District 60-1 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (290 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 35th percentile for South Dakota
  • 12th percentile nationally
  • 31% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • South Dakota ranks #46 of 49 on the salary estimate and #42 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Centerville School District 60-1 ranks #79 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #87 of 121 by per-pupil spending. Eagle Butte School District 20-1 leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank
  • +10.5% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs South Dakota median

Among 148 South Dakota districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Centerville School District 60-1's instructional payroll puts 68.2% into regular program , 11.8 points below the state median of 79.9%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Centerville School SD median Gap
Regular program 68.2% 79.9% -11.8 pp
Special education 14.9% 9.7% +5.2 pp
Vocational programs 8.7% 5.1% +3.6 pp
Other programs 8.2% 5.1% +3.1 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 148 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 4611760 · FY2023.

LEAID 4611760 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Centerville School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P35 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P12 national PPE-LOW $14K/pupil ENR-TINY 290 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Custer FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $48,947 estimated average teacher salary · P35 in South Dakota · P12 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Custer (+$29est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Centerville School

Salary neighbourhood · Centerville School

Centerville School sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Centerville School

Centerville School District 60-1's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$48,947 12th percentile higher than 12% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). This entry sits in this band. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. This district $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Centerville School in South Dakota's lower-third pay band

Same 121 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Centerville School District 60-1 ranks #79 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #87 of 121 by per-pupil spending. Eagle Butte School District 20-1 leads both cuts in this pool; pay rank is still not spending rank

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Centerville School District 60-1 is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Eagle Butte School District 20-1 leads spending at $46,309 per pupil; Eagle Butte School District 20-1 leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Centerville School District 60-1

  • It is a very small district (290 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$48,947.122

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

South Dakota price level
88.1 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$55,528

+13% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in South Dakota run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how South Dakota compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Centerville School District 60-1

What the Numbers Say About Centerville School District 60-1

Centerville School District 60-1 is a small school district in South Dakota, serving 290 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,690. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $48,947, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4611760 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the South Dakota statewide average of $50,422, teacher pay in Centerville School District 60-1 runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (30.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Dakota, it pays more than 35% of them. South Dakota itself ranks #46 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Centerville School District 60-1 reports $4.0M in total expenditure against $4.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $0.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Centerville School District 60-1 compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the South Dakota average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Centerville School District 60-1 $48,947
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 $54,143
South Dakota avg $50,422
National avg $70,245

Centerville School District 60-1 pays -9.6% less than Sioux Falls School District 49-5 · per-pupil $13,690 vs $13,239

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable South Dakota districts

On pay, Centerville School District 60-1 sits closest to Custer School District 16-1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Haakon School District 27-1. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Custer School District 16-1
  2. Wall School District 51-5
  3. Hanson School District 30-1
  4. Harding County School District 31-1
  5. De Smet School District 38-2
  6. White River School District 47-1
  7. Estelline School District 28-2
  8. Hamlin School District 28-3
  9. Gayville-Volin School District 63-1
  10. Menno School District 33-2
  11. Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Haakon School District 27-1
  2. Mount Vernon School District 17-3
  3. Groton Area School District 06-6
  4. Colman-Egan School District 50-5
  5. Gayville-Volin School District 63-1
  6. Elkton School District 05-3
  7. Mobridge-Pollock 62-6
  8. Flandreau School District 50-3
  9. Hill City School District 51-2
  10. Britton-Hecla School District 45-4
  11. Dell Rapids School District 49-3

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Centerville School District 60-1's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Centerville School District 60-1: closest on enrollment (290 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($48,947 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$4.1M
Total Revenue
$4.0M
Total Expenditure
$1.2M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$0.7M
Regular Program
$0.2M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Centerville School District 60-1: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 85% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 15% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

South Dakota Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized South Dakota districts belongs to Douglas School District 51-1 at $61,738. Placed 41 of 50, Centerville School District 60-1 is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. North Dakota and Oklahoma are the states closest to South Dakota on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all South Dakota districts →

Other South Dakota Districts

Smaller-district sample from 120 South Dakota peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Northwestern Area School District 56-7
$46,459
336 students
Langford Area 45-5
$44,534
242 students
Iroquois School District 02-3
$47,278
241 students
Andes Central School District 11-1
$57,895
340 students
Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6
$47,903
232 students
Rosholt School District 54-4
$50,674
231 students

This is a sample of 6 from 120 South Dakota districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Centerville School District 60-1
What is the average teacher salary in Centerville School District 60-1?

The average teacher salary in Centerville School District 60-1 is $48,947 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Centerville School District 60-1 teacher pay compare to the South Dakota average?

Centerville School District 60-1 pays 2.9% less than the South Dakota state average of $50,422. The district's average is $48,947.

How does Centerville School District 60-1 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Centerville School District 60-1 pays 30.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $48,947.

What is the per-pupil spending in Centerville School District 60-1?

Centerville School District 60-1 spends approximately $13,690 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Centerville School District 60-1's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Centerville School District 60-1's total expenditure of $4.0M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Centerville School District 60-1's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.