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School district · Maine · LEAID 2307800

Madawaska Public Schools

Madawaska Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Maine districts (403 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Madawaska Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$67,780
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$23,362
Per-pupil spending
403
Students enrolled
75th
Pct. in ME
$67,780

Madawaska Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Maine districts (403 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $67,780, near the national average of $70,245, serving 403 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Madawaska Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Maine districts (403 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 75th percentile for Maine
  • 54th percentile nationally
  • 33% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Maine ranks #34 of 49 on the salary estimate and #40 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Madawaska Public Schools ranks #30 of 119 Maine districts by estimated teacher salary and #30 of 119 by per-pupil spending. Cape Elizabeth Public Schools pay #1 at $90,864 is not RSU 24 spending #1 at $38,957 per pupil
  • +25.7% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Maine median

Among 182 Maine districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Madawaska Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 11.6% into special education , 2.0 points below the state median of 13.6%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Maine district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Madawaska Public ME median Gap
Regular program 84.3% 83.0% +1.3 pp
Special education 11.6% 13.6% -2.0 pp
Other programs 4.1% 2.2% +1.8 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 182 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2307800 · FY2023.

LEAID 2307800 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Madawaska Public F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +8% vs state RANK-ST-MID P75 in state RANK-NAT-MID P54 national PPE-HIGH $23K/pupil ENR-TINY 403 students INSTR-LOW 33% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Mt FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $67,780 estimated average teacher salary · P75 in Maine · P54 nationally · 33% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: RSU ($812est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Madawaska Public

Salary neighbourhood · Madawaska Public

Madawaska Public 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 Madawaska Public

Madawaska Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$67,780 Top 46% higher than 54% 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. Madawaska 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 Madawaska Public Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +25.7% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Maine's statewide +20.0% by 5.7 points, a growth rate faster than 77% of the 159 Maine districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 432 to 403 students (6.7% 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 (403 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Maine sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$67,780.116

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Maine price level
98.0 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$69,189

+2% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Maine sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.

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 Maine 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 Madawaska Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Madawaska Public Schools

Madawaska Public Schools is a small school district in Maine, serving 403 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $23,362. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $67,780, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2307800 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Maine statewide average of $62,872, teacher pay in Madawaska Public Schools runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 7.8% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (3.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Maine, it pays more than 75% of them. Maine itself ranks #34 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Madawaska Public Schools reports $9.4M in total expenditure against $8.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $2.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.3M.

How does Madawaska Public Schools compare?

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

Madawaska Public Schools $67,780
Portland Public Schools $73,551
Maine avg $62,872
National avg $70,245

Madawaska Public Schools pays -7.8% less than Portland Public Schools · per-pupil $23,362 vs $23,132

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 Maine districts

On pay, Madawaska Public Schools sits closest to Mt Desert CSD; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is RSU 32/MSAD 32. 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. Mt Desert CSD
  2. RSU 23
  3. Boothbay-Boothbay Hbr CSD
  4. Great Salt Bay CSD
  5. RSU 32/MSAD 32
  6. Glenburn Public Schools
  7. RSU 34
  8. MSAD 27
  9. Winslow Schools
  10. Acton Public Schools
  11. RSU 13
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. RSU 32/MSAD 32
  2. East Millinocket Public Schools
  3. Deer Isle-Stonington CSD
  4. RSU 87/MSAD 23
  5. Kittery Public Schools
  6. RSU 88/MSAD 24
  7. RSU 59/MSAD 59
  8. Vassalboro Public Schools
  9. RSU 28/MSAD 28
  10. RSU 53/MSAD 53
  11. Orrington Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

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

Two out-of-state peer sets for Madawaska Public Schools: closest on enrollment (403 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($67,780 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

$8.6M
Total Revenue
$9.4M
Total Expenditure
$3.1M
Instruction Salaries
33% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$2.2M
Regular Program
$0.3M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Madawaska Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 84% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 16% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Maine Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Maine districts belongs to Cape Elizabeth Public Schools at $90,864. Madawaska Public Schools places 27 of 89 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Maine sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Nevada and Minnesota are its nearest price peers.

View all Maine districts →

Other Maine Districts

Smaller-district sample from 118 Maine peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

RSU 63/MSAD 63
$57,691
453 students
RSU 42/MSAD 42
$55,870
348 students
Wiscasset Public Schools
$57,298
461 students
Bar Harbor Public Schools
$61,667
333 students
RSU 50
$50,426
330 students
RSU 86/MSAD 20
$63,599
482 students

This is a sample of 6 from 118 Maine districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

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

The average teacher salary in Madawaska Public Schools is $67,780 (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 Madawaska Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Maine average?

Madawaska Public Schools pays 7.8% more than the Maine state average of $62,872. The district's average is $67,780.

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

Madawaska Public Schools pays 3.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $67,780.

What is the per-pupil spending in Madawaska Public Schools?

Madawaska Public Schools spends approximately $23,362 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 33% of Madawaska Public Schools's total expenditure of $9.4M (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. Madawaska 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.