CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

What the Numbers Say About CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 1,165 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $26,386. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $119,987, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2708070 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 26.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (45.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 98% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS reports $30.7M in total expenditure against $27.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 30% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $6.1M, special-education teacher pay is $0.6M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.