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School district · Wisconsin · LEAID 5508280

Luck School District

Luck School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wisconsin districts (394 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Luck School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$65,579
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$42,543
Per-pupil spending
394
Students enrolled
26th
Pct. in WI
$65,579

Luck School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wisconsin districts (394 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $65,579, below the national average of $70,245, serving 394 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Luck School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wisconsin districts (394 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 26th percentile for Wisconsin
  • 50th percentile nationally
  • 14% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Wisconsin ranks #19 of 49 on the salary estimate and #20 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Luck School District ranks #299 of 403 Wisconsin districts by estimated teacher salary and #2 of 403 by per-pupil spending. Gibraltar Area School District pay #1 at $100,669 is not Nicolet Union High School School District spending #1 at $43,137 per pupil
  • +10.4% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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How the salary estimate is built

FY2023 teacher salary expenditure

$2,372,000 ÷ 36.17 reported teacher FTE = $65,579

  • Regular program $1,678,000 · 70.7%
  • Special education $384,000 · 16.2%
  • Vocational programs $162,000 · 6.8%
  • Other programs $148,000 · 6.2%

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.

Instructional payroll mix vs Wisconsin median

Among 421 Wisconsin districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Luck School District's instructional payroll puts 16.2% into special education , 3.6 points below the state median of 19.8%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Wisconsin district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Luck School WI median Gap
Regular program 70.7% 70.7% +0.0 pp
Special education 16.2% 19.8% -3.6 pp
Vocational programs 6.8% 5.2% +1.6 pp
Other programs 6.2% 3.9% +2.3 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 421 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 5508280 · FY2023.

LEAID 5508280 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Luck School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -7% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P26 in state RANK-NAT-MID P50 national PPE-HIGH $43K/pupil ENR-TINY 394 students INSTR-LOW 14% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Hustisford FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $65,579 estimated average teacher salary · P26 in Wisconsin · P50 nationally · 14% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: West (+$1,374est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Luck School

Salary neighbourhood · Luck School

Luck School trails 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 Luck School

Luck School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$65,579 Top 50% higher than 50% 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. Luck School 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

Luck School in Wisconsin's lower-third pay band

Same 403 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Luck School District ranks #299 of 403 Wisconsin districts by estimated teacher salary and #2 of 403 by per-pupil spending. Gibraltar Area School District pay #1 at $100,669 is not Nicolet Union High School School District spending #1 at $43,137 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Luck School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Nicolet Union High School School District leads spending at $43,137 per pupil; Gibraltar Area School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about Luck School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +10.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Wisconsin's statewide +14.3% by 3.9 points, a growth rate faster than 34% of the 410 Wisconsin districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 438 to 394 students (10.0% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
  • It is a very small district (394 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $42,543 is among the highest in the nation.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$65,579.209

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Wisconsin price level
93.2 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$70,349

+7% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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 Luck School District

What the Numbers Say About Luck School District

Luck School District is a small school district in Wisconsin, serving 394 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $42,543. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $65,579, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5508280 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Wisconsin statewide average of $70,465, teacher pay in Luck School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 6.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Wisconsin, it pays more than 26% of them. Wisconsin itself ranks #19 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Luck School District reports $16.8M in total expenditure against $12.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 14% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.7M, special-education teacher pay is $0.4M.

How does Luck School District compare?

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

Luck School District $65,579
Milwaukee School District $80,043
Wisconsin avg $70,465
National avg $70,245

Luck School District pays -18.1% less than Milwaukee School District · per-pupil $42,543 vs $22,253

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 Wisconsin districts

On pay, Luck School District sits closest to Hustisford School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Nicolet Union High School 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. Hustisford School District
  2. Tomorrow River School District
  3. Winter School District
  4. Black River Falls School District
  5. Monticello School District
  6. Woodruff J1 School District
  7. Wonewoc-Union Center School District
  8. Rib Lake School District
  9. Merton Community School District
  10. Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District
  11. Richland School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Nicolet Union High School School District
  2. Central/Westosha UHS School District
  3. Saint Francis School District
  4. Bayfield School District
  5. Bonduel School District
  6. Lac du Flambeau #1 School District
  7. Bowler School District
  8. Barron Area School District
  9. Granton Area School District
  10. Oakfield School District
  11. Kohler School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Luck School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Luck School District: closest on enrollment (394 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($65,579 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

$12.1M
Total Revenue
$16.8M
Total Expenditure
$2.4M
Instruction Salaries
14% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.7M
Regular Program
$0.4M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Luck School District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. 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.

Wisconsin Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Wisconsin districts belongs to Gibraltar Area School District at $100,669. Placed 247 of 305, Luck School District is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. South Carolina and Idaho are the states closest to Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin districts →

Other Wisconsin Districts

Smaller-district sample from 402 Wisconsin peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Richmond School District
$75,927
407 students
Bruce School District
$66,413
410 students
Prairie Farm Public School District
$64,913
378 students
Almond-Bancroft School District
$55,553
376 students
Siren School District
$64,359
414 students
Gilman School District
$77,702
367 students

This is a sample of 6 from 402 Wisconsin districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

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

The average teacher salary in Luck School District is $65,579 (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 Luck School District teacher pay compare to the Wisconsin average?

Luck School District pays 6.9% less than the Wisconsin state average of $70,465. The district's average is $65,579.

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

Luck School District pays 6.6% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $65,579.

What is the per-pupil spending in Luck School District?

Luck School District spends approximately $42,543 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 14% of Luck School District's total expenditure of $16.8M (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. Luck 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.