Webster School District 18-5
Serves Webster, Webster Township, Kosciusko Township, Roslyn, Rusk Township, Racine Township, Eden Township, Wallace, Nutley Township, Grenville Township, Wheatland Township, Raritan Township, Liberty Township, Morton Township, Highland Township, Kidder Township, Grenville, Maydell Township, York Township, Blaine Township, Butler Township and Lynn Township, and parts of Waubay Township, Buffalo Township, Eden Township, Cottonwood Township, Phipps Township and Independence Township.
Webster’s School Grade A better than 87% of South Dakota school districts
What stands out about Webster School District 18-5
- Its letter, A: results better than 87% of South Dakota districts
- Math proficiency 14 pts above the state
- Reading proficiency 14 pts above the state
- Graduation rate 11 pts above the state
- Spends 8% less per student than the SD average
- 14 students per teacher
- Debt of $10.4M, about $19,007 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
A: better than 87% of the 147 South Dakota school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Webster. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. SD
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Up 4.6% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with South Dakota’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within South Dakota.