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School district · Michigan · LEAID 2605780

Big Rapids Public Schools

Big Rapids Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Michigan districts (2,350 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Big Rapids Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$63,852
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$14,448
Per-pupil spending
2,350
Students enrolled
56th
Pct. in MI
$63,852

Big Rapids Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Michigan districts (2,350 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $63,852, below the national average of $70,245, serving 2,350 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Big Rapids Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Michigan districts (2,350 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 56th percentile for Michigan
  • 46th percentile nationally
  • 27% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Michigan ranks #32 of 49 on the salary estimate and #11 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Big Rapids Public Schools ranks #223 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #449 of 492 by per-pupil spending. Brighton Area Schools pay #1 at $122,714 is not Pontiac City School District spending #1 at $41,914 per pupil
  • +9.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Michigan median

Among 575 Michigan districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Big Rapids Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 84.1% into regular program , 2.4 points above the state median of 81.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Michigan district.

Program Big Rapids MI median Gap
Regular program 84.1% 81.7% +2.4 pp
Special education 11.6% 11.4% +0.1 pp
Other programs 4.3% 4.4% -0.2 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 575 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2605780 · FY2023.

LEAID 2605780 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Big Rapids F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P56 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P46 national PPE-MID $14K/pupil ENR-SMALL 2,350 students INSTR-LOW 27% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Beecher FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $63,852 estimated average teacher salary · P56 in Michigan · P46 nationally · 27% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Huron ($927est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Big Rapids

Salary neighbourhood · Big Rapids

Big Rapids sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Big Rapids

Big Rapids Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$63,852 46th percentile higher than 46% 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%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Big Rapids Public Schools $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

Big Rapids in Michigan's lower-third pay band

Same 492 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Big Rapids Public Schools ranks #223 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #449 of 492 by per-pupil spending. Brighton Area Schools pay #1 at $122,714 is not Pontiac City School District spending #1 at $41,914 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Big Rapids Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Pontiac City School District leads spending at $41,914 per pupil; Brighton Area Schools leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Big Rapids Public Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +9.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Michigan's statewide +17.1% by 8.1 points, a growth rate faster than 22% of the 513 Michigan districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 14.6% here, from 2,050 students in FY2019 to 2,350 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$63,851.718

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Michigan price level
94.3 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$67,714

+6% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Big Rapids Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Big Rapids Public Schools

Big Rapids Public Schools is a small school district in Michigan, serving 2,350 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,448. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $63,852, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2605780 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Michigan statewide average of $63,155, teacher pay in Big Rapids Public Schools runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 1.1% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (9.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Michigan, it pays more than 56% of them. Michigan itself ranks #32 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Big Rapids Public Schools reports $34.0M in total expenditure against $35.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 27% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $5.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.8M.

How does Big Rapids Public Schools compare?

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

Big Rapids Public Schools $63,852
Detroit Public Schools Community District $78,081
Michigan avg $63,155
National avg $70,245

Big Rapids Public Schools pays -18.2% less than Detroit Public Schools Community District · per-pupil $14,448 vs $23,287

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 Michigan districts

On pay, Big Rapids Public Schools sits closest to Beecher Community School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Madison School District (Lenawee). 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. Beecher Community School District
  2. Bronson Community School District
  3. Gladwin Community Schools
  4. Kent City Community Schools
  5. Mattawan Consolidated School
  6. Kearsley Community School District
  7. Reed City Area Public Schools
  8. Oscoda Area Schools
  9. Unionville-Sebewaing Area S.D.
  10. Roscommon Area Public Schools
  11. Mason County Central Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Madison School District (Lenawee)
  2. St. Charles Community Schools
  3. Gladwin Community Schools
  4. Hamilton Community Schools
  5. Freeland Community School District
  6. Newaygo Public School District
  7. Grant Public School District
  8. Byron Area Schools
  9. Pinconning Area Schools
  10. Marysville Public Schools
  11. Lakewood Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Big Rapids Public Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Big Rapids Public Schools: closest on enrollment (2,350 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($63,852 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

$35.3M
Total Revenue
$34.0M
Total Expenditure
$9.3M
Instruction Salaries
27% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$5.9M
Regular Program
$0.8M
Special Education
$0.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Big Rapids Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 76% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 24% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Michigan Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Michigan districts belongs to Brighton Area Schools at $122,714. Big Rapids Public Schools places 216 of 431 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. North Carolina and South Carolina are the states closest to Michigan 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 Michigan districts →

Other Michigan Districts

Smaller-district sample from 508 Michigan peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Fremont Public School District
$69,003
2,092 students
Clio Area School District
$71,875
2,617 students
Allendale Public Schools
$59,401
2,617 students
Ludington Area School District
$78,158
2,072 students
Marysville Public Schools
$69,431
2,636 students
Marshall Public Schools
$65,607
2,641 students

This is a sample of 6 from 508 Michigan districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Big Rapids Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Big Rapids Public Schools?

The average teacher salary in Big Rapids Public Schools is $63,852 (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 Big Rapids Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Michigan average?

Big Rapids Public Schools pays 1.1% more than the Michigan state average of $63,155. The district's average is $63,852.

How does Big Rapids Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Big Rapids Public Schools pays 9.1% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $63,852.

What is the per-pupil spending in Big Rapids Public Schools?

Big Rapids Public Schools spends approximately $14,448 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Big Rapids Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 27% of Big Rapids Public Schools's total expenditure of $34.0M (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. Big Rapids Public Schools'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.