Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical

What the Numbers Say About Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical

Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical is a small school district in Massachusetts, serving 1,655 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $33,508. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $144,381, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2505470 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Massachusetts statewide average of $131,464, teacher pay in Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 9.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (75.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Massachusetts, it pays more than 76% 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, Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Technical reports $55.5M in total expenditure against $56.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 29% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. , special-education teacher pay is $1.8M. 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.