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Smee School District 15-3
A public school district in Wakpala, South Dakota, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 174
- Students enrolled
- 19.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 52.1
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $23,649
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 174 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,323rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 131st of 149 in South Dakota. Larger than 13% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $23,649 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 84% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Smee School District 15-3 spent $27,060 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $11,906 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $27,060 | $5.0 million | 183 |
| FY2023 | $23,649 | $4.4 million | 188 |
| FY2022 | $26,149 | $4.5 million | 174 |
| FY2021 | $21,887 | $4.3 million | 195 |
| FY2020 | $20,781 | $4.1 million | 196 |
| FY2019 | $23,704 | $4.2 million | 179 |
| FY2018 | $20,965 | $4.2 million | 200 |
| FY2017 | $23,086 | $4.0 million | 175 |
| FY2016 | $20,793 | $3.4 million | 164 |
| FY2015 | $18,654 | $3.5 million | 185 |
| FY2014 | $19,549 | $3.6 million | 184 |
| FY2013 | $17,090 | $3.6 million | 211 |
| FY2012 | $18,247 | $3.6 million | 198 |
| FY2011 | $17,101 | $3.6 million | 208 |
| FY2010 | $16,828 | $3.6 million | 215 |
| FY2009 | $12,103 | $3.3 million | 273 |
| FY2008 | $14,329 | $3.3 million | 228 |
| FY2007 | $14,935 | $3.0 million | 200 |
| FY2006 | $12,460 | $3.1 million | 250 |
| FY2005 | $11,906 | $3.2 million | 266 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.1 million | 60.5% |
| State | $1.8 million | 34.4% |
| Local | $265,000 | 5.1% |
| Total | $5.2 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Wakpala Elementary - 02 | 95 |
| Wakpala High School - 01 | 38 |
| Wakpala Middle School - 04 | 41 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not applicable
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 4675600
Elsewhere
- Public schools in South Dakota — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in South Dakota — A to Z, each with its page.
- South Dakota on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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