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School district · South Dakota · LEAID 4600045

Groton Area School District 06-6

Groton Area School District 06-6 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (597 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Groton Area School District 06-6 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$54,217
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$13,740
Per-pupil spending
597
Students enrolled
83rd
Pct. in SD
$54,217

Groton Area School District 06-6 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (597 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $54,217, below the national average of $70,245, serving 597 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Groton Area School District 06-6 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (597 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 83rd percentile for South Dakota
  • 24th percentile nationally
  • 34% 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.
  • Groton Area School District 06-6 ranks #21 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #85 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
  • +4.3% 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, Groton Area School District 06-6's instructional payroll puts 75.1% into regular program , 4.9 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 Groton Area SD median Gap
Regular program 75.1% 79.9% -4.9 pp
Special education 12.5% 9.7% +2.7 pp
Vocational programs 7.4% 5.1% +2.3 pp
Other programs 5.1% 5.1% -0.0 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 4600045 · FY2023.

LEAID 4600045 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Groton Area F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +8% vs state RANK-ST-MID P83 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P24 national PPE-LOW $14K/pupil ENR-SMALL 597 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Baltic FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $54,217 estimated average teacher salary · P83 in South Dakota · P24 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Baltic ($36est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Groton Area

Salary neighbourhood · Groton Area

Groton Area already leads 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
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National salary distribution for Groton Area

Groton Area School District 06-6's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$54,217 24th percentile higher than 24% 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%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $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

What stands out about Groton Area School District 06-6

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +4.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing South Dakota's statewide +10.1% by 5.8 points, a growth rate faster than 33% of the 146 South Dakota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$54,216.867

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
$61,506

+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 Groton Area School District 06-6

What the Numbers Say About Groton Area School District 06-6

Groton Area School District 06-6 is a small school district in South Dakota, serving 597 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,740. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $54,217, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4600045 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 Groton Area School District 06-6 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 7.5% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (22.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Dakota, it pays more than 83% 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, Groton Area School District 06-6 reports $8.2M in total expenditure against $8.1M 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 $0.3M.

How does Groton Area School District 06-6 compare?

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

Groton Area School District 06-6 $54,217
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 $54,143
South Dakota avg $50,422
National avg $70,245

Groton Area School District 06-6 pays +0.1% more than Sioux Falls School District 49-5 · per-pupil $13,740 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, Groton Area School District 06-6 sits closest to Baltic School District 49-1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Colman-Egan School District 50-5. 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. Baltic School District 49-1
  2. Dupree School District 64-2
  3. Lennox School District 41-4
  4. Madison Central School District 39-2
  5. Tea Area School District 41-5
  6. Lemmon School District 52-4
  7. West Central School District 49-7
  8. Beresford School District 61-2
  9. McLaughlin School District 15-2
  10. Stanley County School District 57-1
  11. Oglala Lakota County 65-1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Colman-Egan School District 50-5
  2. Gayville-Volin School District 63-1
  3. Haakon School District 27-1
  4. Centerville School District 60-1
  5. Mount Vernon School District 17-3
  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. West Central School District 49-7

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Groton Area School District 06-6's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Groton Area School District 06-6: closest on enrollment (597 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($54,217 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

$8.1M
Total Revenue
$8.2M
Total Expenditure
$2.8M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.7M
Regular Program
$0.3M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Groton Area School District 06-6: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 83% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 17% 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. Groton Area School District 06-6 places 16 of 49 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.

Parkston School District 33-3
$52,628
582 students
Chester Area School District 39-1
$57,642
576 students
Mobridge-Pollock 62-6
$51,974
574 students
Redfield School District 56-4
$45,739
555 students
Webster Area 18-5
$46,537
551 students
Deuel School District 19-4
$50,793
544 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 Groton Area School District 06-6
What is the average teacher salary in Groton Area School District 06-6?

The average teacher salary in Groton Area School District 06-6 is $54,217 (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 Groton Area School District 06-6 teacher pay compare to the South Dakota average?

Groton Area School District 06-6 pays 7.5% more than the South Dakota state average of $50,422. The district's average is $54,217.

How does Groton Area School District 06-6 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Groton Area School District 06-6 pays 22.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $54,217.

What is the per-pupil spending in Groton Area School District 06-6?

Groton Area School District 06-6 spends approximately $13,740 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Groton Area School District 06-6's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Groton Area School District 06-6's total expenditure of $8.2M (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. Groton Area School District 06-6'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.