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Hay Springs Public Schools

Hay Springs Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (201 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Hay Springs Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$66,771
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$20,866
Per-pupil spending
201
Students enrolled
79th
Pct. in NE
$66,771

Hay Springs Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (201 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $66,771, near the national average of $70,245, serving 201 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Hay Springs Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (201 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 79th percentile for Nebraska
  • 52nd percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Hay Springs Public Schools ranks #42 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #66 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +16.4% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Hay Springs Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 6.6% into special education , 5.2 points below the state median of 11.8%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Nebraska district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Hay Springs NE median Gap
Regular program 82.0% 80.7% +1.3 pp
Special education 6.6% 11.8% -5.2 pp
Other programs 11.4% 7.4% +4.0 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3171610 · FY2023.

LEAID 3171610 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Hay Springs F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +6% vs state RANK-ST-MID P79 in state RANK-NAT-MID P52 national PPE-MID $21K/pupil ENR-TINY 201 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Arlington FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $66,771 estimated average teacher salary · P79 in Nebraska · P52 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Hastings ($37est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Hay Springs

Salary neighbourhood · Hay Springs

Hay Springs 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 Hay Springs

Hay Springs Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$66,771 Top 48% higher than 52% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $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. Hay Springs Public Schools $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 Hay Springs Public Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +16.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 7.3 points, a growth rate faster than 76% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • It is a very small district (201 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$66,770.671

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$73,953

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

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 Nebraska 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 Hay Springs Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Hay Springs Public Schools

Hay Springs Public Schools is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 201 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $20,866. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $66,771, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3171610 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Hay Springs Public Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 5.7% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (4.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 79% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Hay Springs Public Schools reports $4.2M in total expenditure against $4.0M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.1M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Hay Springs Public Schools compare?

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

Hay Springs Public Schools $66,771
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Hay Springs Public Schools pays -10.7% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $20,866 vs $18,493

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 Nebraska districts

On pay, Hay Springs Public Schools sits closest to Arlington Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is North Bend Central Public Schs. 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. Arlington Public Schools
  2. South Platte Public Schools
  3. Tekamah-herman Community Schs
  4. Bridgeport Public Schools
  5. Kimball Public Schools
  6. Valentine Community Schools
  7. Niobrara Public Schools
  8. Freeman Public Schools
  9. Perkins County Schools
  10. Hartington Newcastle Public Schools
  11. Medicine Valley Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. North Bend Central Public Schs
  2. Red Cloud Community Schools
  3. David City Public Schools
  4. Wausa Public Schools
  5. Bloomfield Community Schools
  6. Battle Creek Public Schools
  7. Clarkson Public Schools
  8. Rock County Public Schools
  9. Meridian Public Schools
  10. Pawnee City Public Schools
  11. Doniphan-trumbull Public Schs

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Hay Springs Public Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Hay Springs Public Schools: closest on enrollment (201 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($66,771 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

$4.0M
Total Revenue
$4.2M
Total Expenditure
$1.4M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.1M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Hay Springs Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 90% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 10% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. Hay Springs Public Schools places 31 of 91 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Wauneta-palisade Public Schs
$51,337
230 students
Wilcox-hildreth Public Schools
$53,168
234 students
Dorchester Public School
$58,920
235 students
Diller-odell Public Schools
$65,107
236 students
Rock County Public Schools
$62,432
238 students
Isanti Community School
$65,295
239 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Hay Springs Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Hay Springs Public Schools?

The average teacher salary in Hay Springs Public Schools is $66,771 (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 Hay Springs Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Hay Springs Public Schools pays 5.7% more than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $66,771.

How does Hay Springs Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Hay Springs Public Schools pays 4.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $66,771.

What is the per-pupil spending in Hay Springs Public Schools?

Hay Springs Public Schools spends approximately $20,866 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Hay Springs Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Hay Springs Public Schools's total expenditure of $4.2M (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. Hay Springs Public Schools'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.