Lac qui Parle Valley Schools

What the Numbers Say About Lac qui Parle Valley Schools

Lac qui Parle Valley Schools is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 811 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $24,507. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $102,448, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2700125 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in Lac qui Parle Valley Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 7.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (24.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 90% 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, Lac qui Parle Valley Schools reports $19.9M in total expenditure against $16.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 28% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $3.3M, special-education teacher pay is $0.7M. 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.