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School district · Michigan · LEAID 2626940

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Michigan districts (306 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$57,368
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$14,425
Per-pupil spending
306
Students enrolled
24th
Pct. in MI
$57,368

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Michigan districts (306 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $57,368, below the national average of $70,245, serving 306 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Michigan districts (306 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 24th percentile for Michigan
  • 31st percentile nationally
  • 31% 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.
  • Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools ranks #383 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #451 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
  • +23.9% 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, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools's instructional payroll puts 88.2% into regular program , 6.5 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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack MI median Gap
Regular program 88.2% 81.7% +6.5 pp
Special education 7.0% 11.4% -4.4 pp
Other programs 4.8% 4.4% +0.3 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 2626940 · FY2023.

LEAID 2626940 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Dollar Bay-Tamarack F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -9% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P24 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P31 national PPE-MID $14K/pupil ENR-TINY 306 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Bellevue FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $57,368 estimated average teacher salary · P24 in Michigan · P31 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Rockford ($1,061est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Dollar Bay-Tamarack

Salary neighbourhood · Dollar Bay-Tamarack

Dollar Bay-Tamarack 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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$57,368 31st percentile higher than 31% 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

Dollar Bay-Tamarack 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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools ranks #383 of 492 Michigan districts by estimated teacher salary and #451 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

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools 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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +23.9% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Michigan's statewide +17.1% by 6.7 points, a growth rate faster than 79% of the 513 Michigan districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 337 to 306 students (9.2% 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 (306 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
$57,368.421

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
$60,839

+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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools

What the Numbers Say About Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools is a small school district in Michigan, serving 306 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,425. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $57,368, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2626940 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Michigan statewide average of $63,155, teacher pay in Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools runs materially below the state benchmark, a 9.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (18.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Michigan, it pays more than 24% 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, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools reports $4.4M in total expenditure against $5.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.1M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools compare?

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

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools $57,368
Detroit Public Schools Community District $78,081
Michigan avg $63,155
National avg $70,245

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools pays -26.5% less than Detroit Public Schools Community District · per-pupil $14,425 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, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools sits closest to Bellevue Community Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is St. Charles Community 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. Bellevue Community Schools
  2. Summerfield Schools
  3. Rapid River Public Schools
  4. Perry Public Schools
  5. Pentwater Public School District
  6. Kingston Community School District
  7. Fulton Schools
  8. LakeVille Community School District
  9. Bloomingdale Public School District
  10. Suttons Bay Public Schools
  11. Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. St. Charles Community Schools
  2. Byron Area Schools
  3. Pinconning Area Schools
  4. West Iron County Public Schools
  5. Norway-Vulcan Area Schools
  6. Manton Consolidated Schools
  7. Posen Consolidated School District No. 9
  8. Bark River-Harris School District
  9. Adams Township School District
  10. North Adams-Jerome Public Schools
  11. Lawton Community School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools: closest on enrollment (306 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($57,368 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

$5.0M
Total Revenue
$4.4M
Total Expenditure
$1.4M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.1M
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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 87% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 13% 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 358 of 432, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools 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.

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Other Michigan Districts

Smaller-district sample from 508 Michigan peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Britton Deerfield Schools
$56,310
388 students
Caseville Public Schools
$53,911
221 students
Saginaw ISD
$37,408
392 students
Posen Consolidated School District No. 9
$56,357
216 students
Montcalm Area ISD
$42,545
215 students
Kalamazoo RESA
$59,639
406 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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools?

The average teacher salary in Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools is $57,368 (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 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools teacher pay compare to the Michigan average?

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools pays 9.2% less than the Michigan state average of $63,155. The district's average is $57,368.

How does Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools pays 18.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $57,368.

What is the per-pupil spending in Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools?

Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools spends approximately $14,425 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools's total expenditure of $4.4M (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. Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area 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.