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School district · South Dakota · LEAID 4676990

Webster Area 18-5

Webster Area 18-5 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (551 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Webster Area 18-5 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$46,537
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$23,570
Per-pupil spending
551
Students enrolled
19th
Pct. in SD
$46,537

Webster Area 18-5 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (551 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $46,537, below the national average of $70,245, serving 551 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Webster Area 18-5 is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable South Dakota districts (551 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 19th percentile for South Dakota
  • 7th percentile nationally
  • 17% 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.
  • Webster Area 18-5 ranks #98 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #16 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
  • +1.2% 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, Webster Area 18-5's instructional payroll puts 7.0% into special education , 2.7 points below the state median of 9.7%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median South Dakota district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Webster Area SD median Gap
Regular program 78.7% 79.9% -1.2 pp
Special education 7.0% 9.7% -2.7 pp
Vocational programs 7.6% 5.1% +2.5 pp
Other programs 6.7% 5.1% +1.6 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 4676990 · FY2023.

LEAID 4676990 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Webster Area F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -8% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P19 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P7 national PPE-HIGH $24K/pupil ENR-SMALL 551 students INSTR-LOW 17% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Bennett FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $46,537 estimated average teacher salary · P19 in South Dakota · P7 nationally · 17% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Chamberlain (+$521est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Webster Area

Salary neighbourhood · Webster Area

Webster Area 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
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National salary distribution for Webster Area

Webster Area 18-5's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$46,537 7th percentile higher than 7% 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. Webster Area 18-5 $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

Webster Area 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 Webster Area 18-5 ranks #98 of 121 South Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #16 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

Webster Area 18-5 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 Webster Area 18-5

  • It ranks in the bottom 10% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 7% of districts.
  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +1.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing South Dakota's statewide +10.1% by 8.9 points, a growth rate faster than 27% of the 146 South Dakota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$46,536.74

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
$52,793

+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 Webster Area 18-5

What the Numbers Say About Webster Area 18-5

Webster Area 18-5 is a small school district in South Dakota, serving 551 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $23,570. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $46,537, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 4676990 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 Webster Area 18-5 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 7.7% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (33.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in South Dakota, it pays more than 19% 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, Webster Area 18-5 reports $13.0M in total expenditure against $8.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 17% 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 $0.1M.

How does Webster Area 18-5 compare?

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

Webster Area 18-5 $46,537
Sioux Falls School District 49-5 $54,143
South Dakota avg $50,422
National avg $70,245

Webster Area 18-5 pays -14.0% less than Sioux Falls School District 49-5 · per-pupil $23,570 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, Webster Area 18-5 sits closest to Bennett County School District 03-1; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Timber Lake School District 20-3. 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. Bennett County School District 03-1
  2. Northwestern Area School District 56-7
  3. Waverly School District 14-5
  4. Scotland School District 04-3
  5. Clark School District 12-2
  6. Haakon School District 27-1
  7. Chamberlain School District 07-1
  8. Woonsocket School District 55-4
  9. Alcester-Hudson School District 61-1
  10. New Underwood School District 51-3
  11. Castlewood School District 28-1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Timber Lake School District 20-3
  2. Baltic School District 49-1
  3. De Smet School District 38-2
  4. Agar-Blunt-Onida School District 58-3
  5. Vermillion School District 13-1
  6. Deuel School District 19-4
  7. Wagner Community School District 11-4
  8. Andes Central School District 11-1
  9. Platte - Geddes School District 11-5
  10. Lead-Deadwood School District 40-1
  11. Bennett County School District 03-1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Webster Area 18-5's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Webster Area 18-5: closest on enrollment (551 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($46,537 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

$8.5M
Total Revenue
$13.0M
Total Expenditure
$2.2M
Instruction Salaries
17% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.4M
Regular Program
$0.1M
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 Webster Area 18-5: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 81% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 19% 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 45 of 49, Webster Area 18-5 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.

Mobridge-Pollock 62-6
$51,974
574 students
Chester Area School District 39-1
$57,642
576 students
Parkston School District 33-3
$52,628
582 students
Bon Homme School District 04-2
$44,143
589 students
Platte - Geddes School District 11-5
$51,535
512 students
Groton Area School District 06-6
$54,217
597 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 Webster Area 18-5
What is the average teacher salary in Webster Area 18-5?

The average teacher salary in Webster Area 18-5 is $46,537 (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 Webster Area 18-5 teacher pay compare to the South Dakota average?

Webster Area 18-5 pays 7.7% less than the South Dakota state average of $50,422. The district's average is $46,537.

How does Webster Area 18-5 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Webster Area 18-5 pays 33.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $46,537.

What is the per-pupil spending in Webster Area 18-5?

Webster Area 18-5 spends approximately $23,570 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Webster Area 18-5's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 17% of Webster Area 18-5's total expenditure of $13.0M (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. Webster Area 18-5'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.