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Cleveland Municipal

Cleveland Municipal spends $27,494 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable Ohio districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Cleveland Municipal come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$104,249
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$27,494
Per-pupil spending
33,866
Students enrolled
94th
Pct. in OH
$104,249

Cleveland Municipal spends $27,494 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable Ohio districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $104,249, above the national average of $70,245, serving 33,866 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • High per-pupil spending: Cleveland Municipal spends $27,494 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable Ohio districts with a reliable figure.
  • 94th percentile for Ohio
  • 92nd percentile nationally
  • 30% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Ohio ranks #13 of 49 on the salary estimate and #5 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Cleveland Municipal ranks #37 of 646 Ohio districts by estimated teacher salary and #51 of 646 by per-pupil spending. Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr pay #1 at $171,630 is not Warren County Vocational School spending #1 at $57,688 per pupil
  • +17.8% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Ohio median

Among 653 Ohio districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Cleveland Municipal's instructional payroll puts 37.0% into special education , 17.5 points above the state median of 19.5%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Ohio peer.

Program Cleveland Municipal OH median Gap
Regular program 62.0% 78.0% -16.0 pp
Special education 37.0% 19.5% +17.5 pp
Vocational programs 1.0% 1.3% -0.3 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 653 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3904378 · FY2023.

LEAID 3904378 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Cleveland Municipal F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +30% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P94 in state RANK-NAT-TOP P92 national PPE-HIGH $27K/pupil ENR-LARGE 33.9K students INSTR-LOW 30% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Lakota FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $104,249 estimated average teacher salary · P94 in Ohio · P92 nationally · 30% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Lakota ($107est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Cleveland Municipal

Salary neighbourhood · Cleveland Municipal

Cleveland Municipal already leads 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
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National salary distribution for Cleveland Municipal

Cleveland Municipal's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$104,249 Top 8% higher than 92% 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%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Below this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Below this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Cleveland Municipal $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

Cleveland Municipal in Ohio's upper-third pay band

Same 646 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Cleveland Municipal ranks #37 of 646 Ohio districts by estimated teacher salary and #51 of 646 by per-pupil spending. Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr pay #1 at $171,630 is not Warren County Vocational School spending #1 at $57,688 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Cleveland Municipal is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Warren County Vocational School leads spending at $57,688 per pupil; Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr leads pay.

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

What stands out about Cleveland Municipal

  • It ranks in the top 10% of US districts for estimated teacher pay, higher than 92% of the 10,684 reliable-salary districts nationally.
  • Enrolment fell from 37,617 to 33,866 students (10.0% 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.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $27,494 is among the highest in the nation.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$104,248.845

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Ohio price level
91.9 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$113,434

+9% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Cleveland Municipal

What the Numbers Say About Cleveland Municipal

Cleveland Municipal is a mid-sized school district in Ohio, serving 33,866 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $27,494. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $104,249, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3904378 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Ohio statewide average of $80,477, teacher pay in Cleveland Municipal runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 29.5% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (48.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Ohio, it pays more than 94% of them. Ohio itself ranks #13 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Cleveland Municipal reports $931.1M in total expenditure against $1025.6M 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 $141.5M, special-education teacher pay is $84.3M.

How does Cleveland Municipal compare?

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

Cleveland Municipal $104,249
Columbus City Schools District $89,500
Ohio avg $80,477
National avg $70,245

Cleveland Municipal pays +16.5% more than Columbus City Schools District · per-pupil $27,494 vs $24,812

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 Ohio districts

On pay, Cleveland Municipal sits closest to Lakota Local; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Dayton City. 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. Lakota Local
  2. Mason City
  3. Olentangy Local
  4. Pickerington Local
  5. South-Western City
  6. Parma City
  7. Dublin City
  8. Hamilton City
  9. Cincinnati Public Schools
  10. Worthington City
  11. Westerville City
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Dayton City
  2. Columbus City Schools District
  3. Toledo City
  4. Akron City
  5. Cincinnati Public Schools
  6. Dublin City
  7. Westerville City
  8. Parma City
  9. Worthington City
  10. South-Western City
  11. Olentangy Local

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Cleveland Municipal's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Cleveland Municipal: closest on enrollment (33,866 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($104,249 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

$1025.6M
Total Revenue
$931.1M
Total Expenditure
$283.8M
Instruction Salaries
30% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$141.5M
Regular Program
$84.3M
Special Education
$2.3M
Vocational

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Cleveland Municipal: the regular program, special education and vocational programs. It reports no separate figure for other programs. Together they are 80% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 20% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Ohio Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Ohio districts belongs to Mahoning Co Career & Tech Ctr at $171,630. Cleveland Municipal sits in the upper quarter of that field at 37 of 605, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Tennessee and Indiana are the states closest to Ohio 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 Ohio districts →

Other Ohio Districts

Large-district sample from 648 Ohio peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Fairfield City
$86,457
9,647 students
Hamilton City
$92,858
9,337 students
Parma City
$114,866
9,239 students
Northwest Local
$79,179
8,584 students
Centerville City
$107,472
8,256 students
Beavercreek City
$85,129
7,994 students

This is a sample of 6 from 648 Ohio districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Cleveland Municipal
What is the average teacher salary in Cleveland Municipal?

The average teacher salary in Cleveland Municipal is $104,249 (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 Cleveland Municipal teacher pay compare to the Ohio average?

Cleveland Municipal pays 29.5% more than the Ohio state average of $80,477. The district's average is $104,249.

How does Cleveland Municipal teacher pay compare to the national average?

Cleveland Municipal pays 48.4% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $104,249.

What is the per-pupil spending in Cleveland Municipal?

Cleveland Municipal spends approximately $27,494 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Cleveland Municipal's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 30% of Cleveland Municipal's total expenditure of $931.1M (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. Cleveland Municipal'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.