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School district · South Dakota · LEAID 4612940

Clark School District 12-2

Clark School District 12-2 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (482 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Clark School District 12-2 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$46,183
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$12,612
Per-pupil spending
482
Students enrolled
15th
Pct. in SD
$46,183

Clark School District 12-2 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (482 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $46,183, below the national average of $70,245, serving 482 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Clark School District 12-2 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (482 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 15th percentile for South Dakota
  • 6th percentile nationally
  • 38% 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.
  • Clark School District 12-2 ranks #103 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #106 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
  • +1.1% 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, Clark School District 12-2's instructional payroll puts 75.6% into regular program , 4.4 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 Clark School SD median Gap
Regular program 75.6% 79.9% -4.4 pp
Special education 8.6% 9.7% -1.2 pp
Vocational programs 7.0% 5.1% +1.9 pp
Other programs 8.9% 5.1% +3.8 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 4612940 · FY2023.

LEAID 4612940 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Clark School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -8% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P15 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P6 national PPE-LOW $13K/pupil ENR-TINY 482 students INSTR-MID 38% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Scotland FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $46,183 estimated average teacher salary · P15 in South Dakota · P6 nationally · 38% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Flandreau ($492est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Clark School

Salary neighbourhood · Clark School

Clark School trails most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Clark School

Clark School District 12-2's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$46,183 6th percentile higher than 6% 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. Clark School District 12-2 $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

Clark 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 Clark School District 12-2 ranks #103 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #106 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

Clark School District 12-2 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 Clark School District 12-2

  • It ranks in the bottom 10% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 6% of districts.
  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +1.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing South Dakota's statewide +10.1% by 9.0 points, a growth rate faster than 26% of the 146 South Dakota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 17.3% here, from 411 students in FY2019 to 482 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.
  • It is a very small district (482 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
$46,182.728

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
$52,392

+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 Clark School District 12-2

What the Numbers Say About Clark School District 12-2

Clark School District 12-2 is a small school district in South Dakota, serving 482 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,612. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $46,183, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4612940 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 Clark School District 12-2 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 8.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (34.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Dakota, it pays more than 15% 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, Clark School District 12-2 reports $6.1M in total expenditure against $6.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 38% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.4M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Clark School District 12-2 compare?

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

Clark School District 12-2 $46,183
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 $54,143
South Dakota avg $50,422
National avg $70,245

Clark School District 12-2 pays -14.7% less than Sioux Falls School District 49-5 · per-pupil $12,612 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, Clark School District 12-2 sits closest to Scotland School District 04-3; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Lennox School District 41-4. 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. Scotland School District 04-3
  2. Waverly School District 14-5
  3. Haakon School District 27-1
  4. Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1
  5. Northwestern Area School District 56-7
  6. Bennett County School District 03-1
  7. Webster Area 18-5
  8. Castlewood School District 28-1
  9. Redfield School District 56-4
  10. Flandreau School District 50-3
  11. McCook Central School District 43-7
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Lennox School District 41-4
  2. Belle Fourche School District 09-1
  3. Garretson School District 49-4
  4. Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6
  5. Deubrook Area School District 05-6
  6. Elk Point-Jefferson School District 61-7
  7. Canton School District 41-1
  8. Beresford School District 61-2
  9. Bon Homme School District 04-2
  10. Ipswich Public School District 22-6
  11. Ethan School District 17-1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Clark School District 12-2's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Clark School District 12-2: closest on enrollment (482 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($46,183 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

$6.8M
Total Revenue
$6.1M
Total Expenditure
$2.3M
Instruction Salaries
38% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.4M
Regular Program
$0.2M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.2M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Clark School District 12-2: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 80% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 20% 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 46 of 50, Clark School District 12-2 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.

Deuel School District 19-4
$50,793
544 students
White River School District 47-1
$48,647
419 students
Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6
$49,772
418 students
Stanley County School District 57-1
$53,212
416 students
Webster Area 18-5
$46,537
551 students
Redfield School District 56-4
$45,739
555 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 Clark School District 12-2
What is the average teacher salary in Clark School District 12-2?

The average teacher salary in Clark School District 12-2 is $46,183 (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 Clark School District 12-2 teacher pay compare to the South Dakota average?

Clark School District 12-2 pays 8.4% less than the South Dakota state average of $50,422. The district's average is $46,183.

How does Clark School District 12-2 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Clark School District 12-2 pays 34.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $46,183.

What is the per-pupil spending in Clark School District 12-2?

Clark School District 12-2 spends approximately $12,612 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Clark School District 12-2's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 38% of Clark School District 12-2's total expenditure of $6.1M (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. Clark School District 12-2'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.