Mobridge-Pollock 62-6

What the Numbers Say About Mobridge-Pollock 62-6

Mobridge-Pollock 62-6 is a small school district in South Dakota, serving 621 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,193. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $70,169, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4680441 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 Mobridge-Pollock 62-6 runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 3.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (14.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Dakota, it pays more than 50% 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, Mobridge-Pollock 62-6 reports $8.2M in total expenditure against $7.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% 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 $0.2M. 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.