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Blue Earth Area School District

Blue Earth Area School District sits in the lowest third of Minnesota districts on estimated teacher pay at $62,300 (above only 34% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Blue Earth Area School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$62,300
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$15,947
Per-pupil spending
1,066
Students enrolled
34th
Pct. in MN
$62,300

Blue Earth Area School District sits in the lowest third of Minnesota districts on estimated teacher pay at $62,300 (above only 34% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $62,300, below the national average of $70,245, serving 1,066 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Blue Earth Area School District sits in the lowest third of Minnesota districts on estimated teacher pay at $62,300 (above only 34% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 34th percentile for Minnesota
  • 42nd percentile nationally
  • 33% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Minnesota ranks #22 of 49 on the salary estimate and #21 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Blue Earth Area School District ranks #203 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #250 of 310 by per-pupil spending. Bloomington Public School District pay #1 at $101,366 is not Red Rock Central School District spending #1 at $46,321 per pupil
  • -2.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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LEAID 2700130 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Blue Earth F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -8% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P34 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P42 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,066 students INSTR-LOW 33% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Park FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $62,300 estimated average teacher salary · P34 in Minnesota · P42 nationally · 33% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Spring (+$919est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Blue Earth

Salary neighbourhood · Blue Earth

Blue Earth 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 Blue Earth

Blue Earth Area School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$62,300 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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. This district $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

Blue Earth in Minnesota's lower-third pay band

Same 310 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Blue Earth Area School District ranks #203 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #250 of 310 by per-pupil spending. Bloomington Public School District pay #1 at $101,366 is not Red Rock Central School District spending #1 at $46,321 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Blue Earth Area School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Red Rock Central School District leads spending at $46,321 per pupil; Bloomington Public School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about Blue Earth Area School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved -2.7% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Minnesota's statewide +14.0% by 16.7 points, a growth rate faster than 3% of the 326 Minnesota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.

Minnesota sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$62,300.087

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Minnesota price level
98.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$63,376

+2% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Minnesota sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.

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 Minnesota 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 Blue Earth Area School District

What the Numbers Say About Blue Earth Area School District

Blue Earth Area School District is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 1,066 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,947. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $62,300, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2700130 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $68,032, teacher pay in Blue Earth Area School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 8.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (11.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 34% of them. Minnesota itself ranks #22 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Blue Earth Area School District reports $17.0M in total expenditure against $18.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $3.4M, special-education teacher pay is $0.6M.

How does Blue Earth Area School District compare?

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

Blue Earth Area School District $62,300
Anoka-Hennepin School District $83,820
Minnesota avg $68,032
National avg $70,245

Blue Earth Area School District pays -25.7% less than Anoka-Hennepin School District · per-pupil $15,947 vs $17,610

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 Minnesota districts

On pay, Blue Earth Area School District sits closest to Park Rapids Public School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is St. Anthony-new Brighton Schools. 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. Park Rapids Public School District
  2. A.C.G.C. Public School District
  3. Blooming Prairie Public School Dist
  4. Mesabi East School District
  5. Barnum Public School District
  6. Howard Lake-waverly-winsted
  7. Westbrook-walnut Grove Schools
  8. Houston Public School District
  9. Mcgregor Public School District
  10. Northland Community Schools
  11. St. Louis County School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. St. Anthony-new Brighton Schools
  2. Lake City Public School District
  3. Sleepy Eye Public School District
  4. United South Central Schools
  5. Grand Meadow Public School District
  6. Lanesboro Public School District
  7. Little Falls Community Schools
  8. Rush City Public School District
  9. Melrose Public School District
  10. Triton School District
  11. Proctor Public School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Blue Earth Area School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Blue Earth Area School District: closest on enrollment (1,066 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($62,300 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

$18.0M
Total Revenue
$17.0M
Total Expenditure
$5.7M
Instruction Salaries
33% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$3.4M
Regular Program
$0.6M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Blue Earth Area School District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. 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.

Minnesota Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Minnesota districts belongs to Bloomington Public School District at $101,366. Blue Earth Area School District places 176 of 250 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Minnesota sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Maine and Nevada are its nearest price peers.

View all Minnesota districts →

Other Minnesota Districts

Smaller-district sample from 315 Minnesota peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Lake Crystal-wellcome Memorial
$63,191
969 students
Windom Public School District
$59,179
1,166 students
Menahga Public School District
$64,373
964 students
Royalton Public School District
$56,135
954 students
Triton School District
$61,298
952 students
Bagley Public School District
$65,841
946 students

This is a sample of 6 from 315 Minnesota districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Blue Earth Area School District
What is the average teacher salary in Blue Earth Area School District?

The average teacher salary in Blue Earth Area School District is $62,300 (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 Blue Earth Area School District teacher pay compare to the Minnesota average?

Blue Earth Area School District pays 8.4% less than the Minnesota state average of $68,032. The district's average is $62,300.

How does Blue Earth Area School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Blue Earth Area School District pays 11.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $62,300.

What is the per-pupil spending in Blue Earth Area School District?

Blue Earth Area School District spends approximately $15,947 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Blue Earth Area School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 33% of Blue Earth Area School District's total expenditure of $17.0M (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. Blue Earth Area School District'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.