Regular local school district · Codington County
Waverly School District 14-5, SD: schools, enrollment and spending
Waverly School District 14-5 runs 3 public schools with 283 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the South Dakota figure of 14.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 283
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- SD: 14.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 319 Mary Pl, Waverly, SD 57201
- Phone
- (605)886-9174
- County
- Codington County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4676740
- State district ID
- SD-14005
- Total staff (FTE)
- 42
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 283 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (271), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $447,000
- State revenue
- $1.7 million
- Local revenue
- $2.1 million
- Total spending
- $3.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,369
- Salaries
- $1.6 million44.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.6%
- State: 40.1%
- Local: 49.4%
South Dakota overall
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 31.7%
- Local: 48.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,369
South Dakota$13,231
United States$16,826
Schools in Waverly School District 14-5
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Waverly-South Shore Elementary - 02 | Elementary | PK to 5 | 128 | 11.6 |
| Waverly-South Shore High School - 01 | High | 9 to 12 | 86 | 12.3 |
| Waverly-South Shore Middle School - 03 | Middle | 6 to 8 | 69 | 17.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Codington County
- Watertown School District 14-4 3,606 students
- Florence School District 14-1 352 students
- Henry School District 14-2 192 students
- Northeast Technical High School 0 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.