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School district · New Hampshire · LEAID 3304040

Kearsarge Regional School District

Kearsarge Regional School District sits in the highest third of New Hampshire districts on estimated teacher pay at $98,955 (above 79% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Kearsarge Regional School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$98,955
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$26,458
Per-pupil spending
1,728
Students enrolled
79th
Pct. in NH
$98,955

Kearsarge Regional School District sits in the highest third of New Hampshire districts on estimated teacher pay at $98,955 (above 79% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $98,955, above the national average of $70,245, serving 1,728 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Kearsarge Regional School District sits in the highest third of New Hampshire districts on estimated teacher pay at $98,955 (above 79% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 79th percentile for New Hampshire
  • 90th percentile nationally
  • 35% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • New Hampshire ranks #7 of 49 on the salary estimate and #41 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Kearsarge Regional School District ranks #24 of 112 New Hampshire districts by estimated teacher salary and #54 of 112 by per-pupil spending. Stratham School District pay #1 at $133,818 is not Sunapee School District spending #1 at $48,519 per pupil

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How the salary estimate is built

FY2023 teacher salary expenditure

$16,199,000 ÷ 163.70 reported teacher FTE = $98,955

  • Regular program $11,431,000 · 70.6%
  • Special education $4,428,000 · 27.3%
  • Other programs $340,000 · 2.1%

These NCES F-33 program totals make up the numerator of the district-level average; they do not describe an individual teacher's pay or contract.

LEAID 3304040 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Kearsarge Regional F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +13% vs state RANK-ST-MID P79 in state RANK-NAT-TOP P90 national PPE-HIGH $26K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,728 students INSTR-MID 35% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Salem FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $98,955 estimated average teacher salary · P79 in New Hampshire · P90 nationally · 35% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Salem ($203est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Kearsarge Regional

Salary neighbourhood · Kearsarge Regional

Kearsarge Regional 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
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National salary distribution for Kearsarge Regional

Kearsarge Regional School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$98,955 Top 10% higher than 90% 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%). Below this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). This entry sits in this band. $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

Kearsarge Regional in New Hampshire's upper-third pay band

Same 112 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Kearsarge Regional School District ranks #24 of 112 New Hampshire districts by estimated teacher salary and #54 of 112 by per-pupil spending. Stratham School District pay #1 at $133,818 is not Sunapee School District spending #1 at $48,519 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Kearsarge Regional School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Sunapee School District leads spending at $48,519 per pupil; Stratham School District leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Kearsarge Regional School District

  • It ranks in the top 10% of US districts for estimated teacher pay, higher than 90% of the 10,684 reliable-salary districts nationally.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $26,458 is among the highest in the nation.

New Hampshire prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$98,955.406

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

New Hampshire price level
105.4 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$93,892

-5% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in New Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 Kearsarge Regional School District

What the Numbers Say About Kearsarge Regional School District

Kearsarge Regional School District is a small school district in New Hampshire, serving 1,728 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $26,458. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $98,955, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3304040 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the New Hampshire statewide average of $87,877, teacher pay in Kearsarge Regional School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 12.6% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (40.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Hampshire, it pays more than 79% of them. New Hampshire itself ranks #7 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Kearsarge Regional School District reports $45.7M in total expenditure against $46.7M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $11.4M, special-education teacher pay is $4.4M.

How does Kearsarge Regional School District compare?

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

Kearsarge Regional School District $98,955
Manchester School District $78,881
New Hampshire avg $87,877
National avg $70,245

Kearsarge Regional School District pays +25.4% more than Manchester School District · per-pupil $26,458 vs $19,662

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 Hampshire districts

On pay, Kearsarge Regional School District sits closest to Salem School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Exeter Region Cooperative 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. Salem School District
  2. Amherst School District
  3. Sanborn Regional School District
  4. Seabrook School District
  5. Oyster River Coop School District
  6. Winnacunnet Cooperative School District
  7. Contoocook Valley School District
  8. Hopkinton School District
  9. Berlin School District
  10. Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District
  11. Portsmouth School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Exeter Region Cooperative School District
  2. Governor Wentworth Regional School District
  3. Newmarket School District
  4. Hampton School District
  5. Sanborn Regional School District
  6. Newport School District
  7. Pemi-baker Regional School District
  8. Stratham School District
  9. Exeter School District
  10. Souhegan Cooperative School District
  11. Oyster River Coop School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Kearsarge Regional School District's pay band

Two out-of-state peer sets for Kearsarge Regional School District: closest on enrollment (1,728 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($98,955 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

$46.7M
Total Revenue
$45.7M
Total Expenditure
$16.2M
Instruction Salaries
35% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$11.4M
Regular Program
$4.4M
Special Education
$0.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Kearsarge Regional School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

New Hampshire Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized New Hampshire districts belongs to Stratham School District at $133,818. Kearsarge Regional School District sits in the upper quarter of that field at 18 of 81, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Because New Hampshire prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Oregon and Maryland are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

View all New Hampshire districts →

Other New Hampshire Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this New Hampshire sample (including Kearsarge Regional). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

Mascenic Regional School District
$73,858
918 students
Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District
$103,921
915 students
Weare School District
$85,779
897 students
Epping School District
$76,631
882 students
Exeter School District
$122,211
832 students
Hampstead School District
$114,079
827 students

This is a sample of 6 from 112 New Hampshire districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Kearsarge Regional School District
What is the average teacher salary in Kearsarge Regional School District?

The average teacher salary in Kearsarge Regional School District is $98,955 (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 Kearsarge Regional School District teacher pay compare to the New Hampshire average?

Kearsarge Regional School District pays 12.6% more than the New Hampshire state average of $87,877. The district's average is $98,955.

How does Kearsarge Regional School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Kearsarge Regional School District pays 40.9% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $98,955.

What is the per-pupil spending in Kearsarge Regional School District?

Kearsarge Regional School District spends approximately $26,458 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Kearsarge Regional School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 35% of Kearsarge Regional School District's total expenditure of $45.7M (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. Kearsarge Regional 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.