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Cambridge Public Schools

Cambridge Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (288 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Cambridge Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$62,355
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$19,247
Per-pupil spending
288
Students enrolled
50th
Pct. in NE
$62,355

Cambridge Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (288 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $62,355, below the national average of $70,245, serving 288 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Cambridge Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (288 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 50th percentile for Nebraska
  • 42nd percentile nationally
  • 35% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Cambridge Public Schools ranks #101 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #101 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +11.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Cambridge Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 8.9% into special education , 2.8 points below the state median of 11.8%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Nebraska district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Cambridge Public NE median Gap
Regular program 83.1% 80.7% +2.3 pp
Special education 8.9% 11.8% -2.8 pp
Other programs 8.0% 7.4% +0.6 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3100015 · FY2023.

LEAID 3100015 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Cambridge Public F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P50 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P42 national PPE-MID $19K/pupil ENR-TINY 288 students INSTR-LOW 35% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Humphrey FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $62,355 estimated average teacher salary · P50 in Nebraska · P42 nationally · 35% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Nebraska (+$41est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Cambridge Public

Salary neighbourhood · Cambridge Public

Cambridge Public 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 Cambridge Public

Cambridge Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$62,355 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. Cambridge 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

Cambridge Public in Nebraska's lower-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Cambridge Public Schools ranks #101 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #101 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Cambridge Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

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

What stands out about Cambridge Public Schools

  • Enrolment fell from 330 to 288 students (12.7% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
  • It is a very small district (288 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$62,355.072

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$69,062

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Cambridge Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Cambridge Public Schools

Cambridge Public Schools is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 288 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,247. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $62,355, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3100015 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Cambridge Public Schools runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 1.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (11.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 50% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Cambridge Public Schools reports $5.5M in total expenditure against $5.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.4M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Cambridge Public Schools compare?

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

Cambridge Public Schools $62,355
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Cambridge Public Schools pays -16.6% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $19,247 vs $18,493

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 Nebraska districts

On pay, Cambridge Public Schools sits closest to Humphrey Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Tri County Public 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. Humphrey Public Schools
  2. Chadron Public Schools
  3. Rock County Public Schools
  4. South Central Nebraska Unified 5
  5. Tri County Public Schools
  6. East Butler Public Schools
  7. Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer
  8. Ashland-greenwood Public Schs
  9. Blue Hill Community Schools
  10. Elmwood-murdock Public Schools
  11. Central City Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Tri County Public Schools
  2. Loup City Public Schools
  3. Shelby - Rising City Public Schools
  4. Wahoo Public Schools
  5. Plainview Public Schools
  6. Maxwell Public Schools
  7. Humphrey Public Schools
  8. Pender Public Schools
  9. Southern School District 1
  10. Bancroft-rosalie Comm Schools
  11. Crofton Community Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

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

Two out-of-state peer sets for Cambridge Public Schools: closest on enrollment (288 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($62,355 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

$5.6M
Total Revenue
$5.5M
Total Expenditure
$1.9M
Instruction Salaries
35% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.4M
Regular Program
$0.2M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Cambridge Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 89% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 11% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. Cambridge Public Schools places 65 of 91 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska 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 Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Pleasanton Public Schools
$58,216
304 students
Sutherland Public Schools
$58,694
305 students
Bloomfield Community Schools
$51,756
271 students
Shelton Public Schools
$68,111
269 students
Red Cloud Community Schools
$54,780
269 students
Pawnee City Public Schools
$57,991
268 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

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

The average teacher salary in Cambridge Public Schools is $62,355 (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 Cambridge Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Cambridge Public Schools pays 1.3% less than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $62,355.

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

Cambridge Public Schools pays 11.2% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $62,355.

What is the per-pupil spending in Cambridge Public Schools?

Cambridge Public Schools spends approximately $19,247 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 35% of Cambridge Public Schools's total expenditure of $5.5M (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. Cambridge 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.