Regular local school district · Corson County
Smee School District 15-3, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Smee School District 15-3 runs 3 public schools with 174 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 9.2 students per teacher is 5.0 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 174
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 9.2
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 12250 SD Hwy 1806, Wakpala, SD 57658
- Phone
- (605)845-3040
- County
- Corson County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4675600
- State district ID
- SD-15003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 52
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.2
South Dakota14.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (195), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.9 million
- State revenue
- $1.8 million
- Local revenue
- $207,000
- Total spending
- $4.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,785
- Salaries
- $2.3 million50.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 59.1%
- State: 36.8%
- Local: 4.2%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,785
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Smee School District 15-3
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Wakpala Elementary - 02CEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 95 | 10.6 |
| Wakpala High School - 01CEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 38 | 6.3 |
| Wakpala Middle School - 04CEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 41 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Corson County
- McLaughlin School District 15-2 443 students
- McIntosh School District 15-1 129 students
More in South Dakota
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.