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School district · New Jersey · LEAID 3404980

Fair Lawn Public School District

Fair Lawn Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (5,466 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Fair Lawn Public School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$84,524
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$26,774
Per-pupil spending
5,466
Students enrolled
75th
Pct. in NJ
$84,524

Fair Lawn Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (5,466 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $84,524, above the national average of $70,245, serving 5,466 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Fair Lawn Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (5,466 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 75th percentile for New Jersey
  • 79th percentile nationally
  • 31% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • New Jersey ranks #15 of 49 on the salary estimate and #9 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Fair Lawn Public School District ranks #130 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #373 of 510 by per-pupil spending. Perth Amboy Public School District pay #1 at $159,259 is not Asbury Park School District spending #1 at $62,321 per pupil
  • +6.3% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs New Jersey median

Among 577 New Jersey districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Fair Lawn Public School District's instructional payroll puts 78.1% into regular program , 3.4 points above the state median of 74.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median New Jersey district.

Program Fair Lawn NJ median Gap
Regular program 78.1% 74.7% +3.4 pp
Special education 18.5% 19.7% -1.2 pp
Other programs 3.4% 4.0% -0.6 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 577 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3404980 · FY2023.

LEAID 3404980 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Fair Lawn F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +8% vs state RANK-ST-MID P75 in state RANK-NAT-MID P79 national PPE-HIGH $27K/pupil ENR-MID 5,466 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Warren FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $84,524 estimated average teacher salary · P75 in New Jersey · P79 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: North (+$184est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Fair Lawn

Salary neighbourhood · Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn Public School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$84,524 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 Fair Lawn Public School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +6.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing New Jersey's statewide +11.0% by 4.7 points, a growth rate faster than 28% of the 375 New Jersey districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 7.6% here, from 5,078 students in FY2019 to 5,466 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.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $26,774 is among the highest in the nation.

New Jersey prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$84,524.433

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

New Jersey price level
108.9 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$77,587

-8% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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 Fair Lawn Public School District

What the Numbers Say About Fair Lawn Public School District

Fair Lawn Public School District is a small-to-mid-sized school district in New Jersey, serving 5,466 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $26,774. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $84,524, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3404980 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the New Jersey statewide average of $78,597, teacher pay in Fair Lawn Public School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 7.5% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (20.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Jersey, it pays more than 75% of them. New Jersey itself ranks #15 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Fair Lawn Public School District reports $146.3M in total expenditure against $157.3M 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 $30.3M, special-education teacher pay is $7.2M.

How does Fair Lawn Public School District compare?

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

Fair Lawn Public School District $84,524
Newark Public School District $92,614
New Jersey avg $78,597
National avg $70,245

Fair Lawn Public School District pays -8.7% less than Newark Public School District · per-pupil $26,774 vs $44,682

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 New Jersey districts

On pay, Fair Lawn Public School District sits closest to Warren Hills Regional School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Ridgewood Public School District. 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. Warren Hills Regional School District
  2. Montgomery Township School District
  3. Cinnaminson Township School District
  4. Hoboken Public School District
  5. North Bergen School District
  6. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
  7. Waldwick School District
  8. South Orange-Maplewood School District
  9. Old Bridge Township School District
  10. Township of Union School District
  11. Nutley Public School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Ridgewood Public School District
  2. Maple Shade School District
  3. Jackson Township School District
  4. Washington Township School District
  5. Manville School District
  6. Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
  7. Hazlet Township Public School District
  8. Marlboro Township School District
  9. Fort Lee School District
  10. Florence Township School District
  11. Carteret Public School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Fair Lawn Public School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Fair Lawn Public School District: closest on enrollment (5,466 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($84,524 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

$157.3M
Total Revenue
$146.3M
Total Expenditure
$45.4M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$30.3M
Regular Program
$7.2M
Special Education
$1.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Fair Lawn Public School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational 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.

New Jersey Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized New Jersey districts belongs to Perth Amboy Public School District at $159,259. Fair Lawn Public School District places 124 of 422 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Because New Jersey prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Washington and Hawaii are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

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Other New Jersey Districts

Smaller-district sample from 522 New Jersey peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Monroe Township School District
$83,574
6,900 students
Nutley Public School District
$84,200
4,011 students
Fort Lee School District
$82,980
3,992 students
Irvington Public School District
$86,061
6,980 students
Rahway Public School District
$85,127
3,935 students
Summit Public School District
$79,943
3,932 students

This is a sample of 6 from 522 New Jersey districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Fair Lawn Public School District
What is the average teacher salary in Fair Lawn Public School District?

The average teacher salary in Fair Lawn Public School District is $84,524 (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 Fair Lawn Public School District teacher pay compare to the New Jersey average?

Fair Lawn Public School District pays 7.5% more than the New Jersey state average of $78,597. The district's average is $84,524.

How does Fair Lawn Public School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Fair Lawn Public School District pays 20.3% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $84,524.

What is the per-pupil spending in Fair Lawn Public School District?

Fair Lawn Public School District spends approximately $26,774 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Fair Lawn Public School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Fair Lawn Public School District's total expenditure of $146.3M (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. Fair Lawn Public 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.