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Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District sits in the lowest third of Michigan districts on estimated teacher pay at $50,795 (above only 7% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$50,795
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$16,071
Per-pupil spending
408
Students enrolled
7th
Pct. in MI
$50,795

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District sits in the lowest third of Michigan districts on estimated teacher pay at $50,795 (above only 7% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $50,795, below the national average of $70,245, serving 408 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District sits in the lowest third of Michigan districts on estimated teacher pay at $50,795 (above only 7% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 7th percentile for Michigan
  • 16th percentile nationally
  • 19% 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.
  • Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District ranks #461 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #345 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
  • -11.0% 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, Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District's instructional payroll puts 86.4% into regular program , 4.6 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 Carsonville-Port Sanilac MI median Gap
Regular program 86.4% 81.7% +4.6 pp
Special education 8.1% 11.4% -3.3 pp
Other programs 5.5% 4.4% +1.1 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 2608160 · FY2023.

LEAID 2608160 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Carsonville-Port Sanilac F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -20% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P7 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P16 national PPE-MID $16K/pupil ENR-TINY 408 students INSTR-LOW 19% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Capac FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $50,795 estimated average teacher salary · P7 in Michigan · P16 nationally · 19% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Rockford (+$5,512est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Carsonville-Port Sanilac

Salary neighbourhood · Carsonville-Port Sanilac

Carsonville-Port Sanilac trails most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Carsonville-Port Sanilac

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$50,795 16th percentile higher than 16% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $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

Carsonville-Port Sanilac 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 Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District ranks #461 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #345 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

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District 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 Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved -11.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Michigan's statewide +17.1% by 28.2 points, a growth rate faster than 1% of the 513 Michigan districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 17.2% here, from 348 students in FY2019 to 408 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.
  • It is a very small district (408 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
$50,795.015

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
$53,868

+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 Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District

What the Numbers Say About Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District is a small school district in Michigan, serving 408 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,071. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $50,795, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2608160 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Michigan statewide average of $63,155, teacher pay in Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 19.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (27.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Michigan, it pays more than 7% 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, Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District reports $6.6M in total expenditure against $6.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 19% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.0M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District compare?

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

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District $50,795
Detroit Public Schools Community District $78,081
Michigan avg $63,155
National avg $70,245

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District pays -34.9% less than Detroit Public Schools Community District · per-pupil $16,071 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, Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District sits closest to Capac Community Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Bad Axe 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. Capac Community Schools
  2. Whitmore Lake Public School District
  3. Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools
  4. Camden-Frontier School
  5. Dryden Community Schools
  6. Waldron Area Schools
  7. White Pigeon Community Schools
  8. Ironwood Area Schools of Gogebic County
  9. Morrice Area Schools
  10. Coleman Community Schools
  11. Martin Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Bad Axe Public Schools
  2. Dansville Schools
  3. Ithaca Public Schools
  4. Jefferson Schools (Monroe)
  5. Onaway Area Community School District
  6. Mason County Eastern Schools
  7. Lake City Area School District
  8. Pine River Area Schools
  9. Webberville Community Schools
  10. Cassopolis Public Schools
  11. Central Montcalm Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District: closest on enrollment (408 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($50,795 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

$6.7M
Total Revenue
$6.6M
Total Expenditure
$1.2M
Instruction Salaries
19% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.0M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 96% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 4% 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. Placed 411 of 432, Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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.

Morrice Area Schools
$51,290
481 students
Superior Central School District
$51,872
329 students
Monroe ISD
$48,485
487 students
North Central Area Schools
$61,852
326 students
Harbor Beach Community Schools
$58,870
491 students
Mio-AuSable Schools
$74,931
495 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 Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District
What is the average teacher salary in Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District?

The average teacher salary in Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District is $50,795 (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 Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District teacher pay compare to the Michigan average?

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District pays 19.6% less than the Michigan state average of $63,155. The district's average is $50,795.

How does Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District pays 27.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $50,795.

What is the per-pupil spending in Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District?

Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District spends approximately $16,071 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 19% of Carsonville-Port Sanilac School District's total expenditure of $6.6M (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. Carsonville-Port Sanilac 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.