GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT

GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 1,492 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,088. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $92,513, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2700128 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs slightly below the state benchmark — a 2.6% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (12.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 69% 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, GLENCOE-SILVER LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $24.0M in total expenditure against $24.5M 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. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $5.4M, special-education teacher pay is $1.0M. 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.