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Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Massachusetts districts (1,694 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$86,740
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$24,000
Per-pupil spending
1,694
Students enrolled
57th
Pct. in MA
$86,740

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Massachusetts districts (1,694 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $86,740, above the national average of $70,245, serving 1,694 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Massachusetts districts (1,694 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 57th percentile for Massachusetts
  • 82nd percentile nationally
  • 38% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Massachusetts ranks #9 of 49 on the salary estimate and #17 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District ranks #124 of 288 Massachusetts districts by estimated teacher salary and #169 of 288 by per-pupil spending. Boston pay #1 at $121,260 is not Watertown spending #1 at $60,947 per pupil
  • +12.8% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Massachusetts median

Among 318 Massachusetts districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District's instructional payroll puts 87.9% into vocational programs , 87.9 points above the state median of 0.0%. That heavier vocational share usually means career/technical programs claim more of the teacher-salary pool than at a typical Massachusetts peer.

Program Essex North MA median Gap
Regular program 0.0% 79.6% -79.6 pp
Special education 12.1% 18.8% -6.6 pp
Vocational programs 87.9% 0.0% +87.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 318 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2500554 · FY2023.

LEAID 2500554 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Essex North F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P57 in state RANK-NAT-MID P82 national PPE-HIGH $24K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,694 students INSTR-MID 38% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Abington FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $86,740 estimated average teacher salary · P57 in Massachusetts · P82 nationally · 38% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Peabody ($179est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Essex North

Salary neighbourhood · Essex North

Essex North sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Essex North

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$86,740 Top 18% higher than 82% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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

What stands out about Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +12.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Massachusetts's statewide +19.4% by 6.5 points, a growth rate faster than 33% of the 224 Massachusetts districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 19.9% here, from 1,413 students in FY2019 to 1,694 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.

Massachusetts prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$86,740.368

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Massachusetts price level
107.7 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$80,558

-7% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Massachusetts run above the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. Comparing it with a district in a cheaper state without this adjustment overstates its relative value.

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 Massachusetts 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 Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District

What the Numbers Say About Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is a small school district in Massachusetts, serving 1,694 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,000. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $86,740, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2500554 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Massachusetts statewide average of $84,560, teacher pay in Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 2.6% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (23.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Massachusetts, it pays more than 57% of them. Massachusetts itself ranks #9 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District reports $40.7M in total expenditure against $52.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 38% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. , special-education teacher pay is $1.6M.

How does Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District compare?

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

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District $86,740
Boston $121,260
Massachusetts avg $84,560
National avg $70,245

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District pays -28.5% less than Boston · per-pupil $24,000 vs $45,516

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 Massachusetts districts

On pay, Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District sits closest to Abington; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Uxbridge. 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. Abington
  2. Somerset
  3. West Boylston
  4. Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical
  5. Peabody
  6. Milford
  7. Norwood
  8. Malden
  9. Chelmsford
  10. Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical
  11. Westford
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Uxbridge
  2. Chicopee
  3. Hoosac Valley Regional
  4. Ware
  5. Scituate
  6. North Reading
  7. Northampton
  8. Ayer Shirley School District
  9. Lynnfield
  10. Sudbury
  11. Billerica

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District: closest on enrollment (1,694 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($86,740 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

$52.0M
Total Revenue
$40.7M
Total Expenditure
$15.3M
Instruction Salaries
38% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.6M
Special Education
$11.5M
Vocational

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 2 programs in Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District: special education and vocational programs. It reports no separate figure for the regular program and other programs. Together they are 85% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 15% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Massachusetts Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Massachusetts districts belongs to Boston at $121,260. Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District places 115 of 272 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Because Massachusetts prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; New York and Washington are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

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Other Massachusetts Districts

Smaller-district sample from 289 Massachusetts peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Narragansett
$56,023
1,471 students
Blackstone-Millville
$76,963
1,468 students
Winthrop
$78,102
1,941 students
Westport
$81,418
1,446 students
Greenfield
$62,670
1,446 students
Mashpee
$79,322
1,443 students

This is a sample of 6 from 289 Massachusetts districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District
What is the average teacher salary in Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District?

The average teacher salary in Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District is $86,740 (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 Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District teacher pay compare to the Massachusetts average?

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District pays 2.6% more than the Massachusetts state average of $84,560. The district's average is $86,740.

How does Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District pays 23.5% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $86,740.

What is the per-pupil spending in Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District?

Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District spends approximately $24,000 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 38% of Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District's total expenditure of $40.7M (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. Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical 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.