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School district · Nebraska · LEAID 3173500

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (240 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Mc Cool Junction Public Schs come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$60,896
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$22,071
Per-pupil spending
240
Students enrolled
37th
Pct. in NE
$60,896

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (240 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $60,896, below the national average of $70,245, serving 240 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (240 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 37th percentile for Nebraska
  • 39th percentile nationally
  • 32% 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.
  • Mc Cool Junction Public Schs ranks #127 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #49 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
  • +31.3% 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, Mc Cool Junction Public Schs's instructional payroll puts 87.0% into regular program , 6.3 points above the state median of 80.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Nebraska district.

Program Mc Cool NE median Gap
Regular program 87.0% 80.7% +6.3 pp
Special education 10.8% 11.8% -1.0 pp
Other programs 2.2% 7.4% -5.1 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 3173500 · FY2023.

LEAID 3173500 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Mc Cool F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -4% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P37 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P39 national PPE-HIGH $22K/pupil ENR-TINY 240 students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Friend FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $60,896 estimated average teacher salary · P37 in Nebraska · P39 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Northwest (+$629est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Mc Cool

Salary neighbourhood · Mc Cool

Mc Cool sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 Mc Cool

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$60,896 39th percentile higher than 39% 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. Mc Cool Junction Public Schs $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

Mc Cool in Nebraska's lower-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Mc Cool Junction Public Schs ranks #127 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #49 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

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

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

What stands out about Mc Cool Junction Public Schs

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +31.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 22.2 points, a growth rate faster than 95% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 282 to 240 students (14.9% 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 (240 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
$60,896.309

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
$67,447

+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 Mc Cool Junction Public Schs

What the Numbers Say About Mc Cool Junction Public Schs

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 240 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $22,071. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $60,896, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3173500 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Mc Cool Junction Public Schs runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 3.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (13.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 37% 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, Mc Cool Junction Public Schs reports $5.3M in total expenditure against $5.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.1M.

How does Mc Cool Junction Public Schs compare?

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

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs $60,896
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs pays -18.6% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $22,071 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, Mc Cool Junction Public Schs sits closest to Friend Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Ainsworth Community Schools. 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. Friend Public Schools
  2. Hershey Public Schools
  3. Newman Grove Public Schools
  4. Harvard Public Schools
  5. Fairbury Public Schools
  6. Pender Public Schools
  7. St Paul Public Schools
  8. Boyd County Schools
  9. Ponca Public Schools
  10. Johnson Co Central Public Schs
  11. Gordon-rushville Public Schs
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Ainsworth Community Schools
  2. Wood River Rural Schools
  3. Emerson-hubbard Public Schools
  4. Southwest Public Schools
  5. Weeping Water Public Schools
  6. Ansley Public Schools
  7. Newman Grove Public Schools
  8. Sumner-eddyville-miller Schs
  9. South Platte Public Schools
  10. Summerland Public Schools
  11. Osceola Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Mc Cool Junction Public Schs's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Mc Cool Junction Public Schs: closest on enrollment (240 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($60,896 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

$5.1M
Total Revenue
$5.3M
Total Expenditure
$1.7M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.2M
Regular Program
$0.1M
Special Education
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Mc Cool Junction Public Schs: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 81% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 19% 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. Placed 75 of 91, Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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.

Lyons-decatur Northeast Schs
$62,836
274 students
Leigh Community Schools
$58,800
276 students
Overton Public Schools
$54,176
277 students
Loomis Public Schools
$54,366
278 students
Hay Springs Public Schools
$66,771
201 students
Ansley Public Schools
$58,589
200 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 Mc Cool Junction Public Schs
What is the average teacher salary in Mc Cool Junction Public Schs?

The average teacher salary in Mc Cool Junction Public Schs is $60,896 (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 Mc Cool Junction Public Schs teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs pays 3.6% less than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $60,896.

How does Mc Cool Junction Public Schs teacher pay compare to the national average?

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs pays 13.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $60,896.

What is the per-pupil spending in Mc Cool Junction Public Schs?

Mc Cool Junction Public Schs spends approximately $22,071 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Mc Cool Junction Public Schs's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Mc Cool Junction Public Schs's total expenditure of $5.3M (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. Mc Cool Junction Public Schs'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.