DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Minnesota, serving 8,487 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $18,265. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $95,924, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2711040 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 1.0% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (16.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 78% 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, DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $155.0M in total expenditure against $166.4M 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 $27.7M, special-education teacher pay is $8.2M. 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.