FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Minnesota, serving 3,328 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $20,415. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $114,731, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2711760 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 20.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (39.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 97% 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, FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $67.9M in total expenditure against $67.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 37% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $14.1M, special-education teacher pay is $3.3M. 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.