School district · Minnesota · LEAID 2722950
Mounds View Public School District
Mounds View Public School District sits in the lowest third of Minnesota districts on estimated teacher pay at $68,495 (above only 56% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Mounds View Public School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $68,495
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $17,243
- Per-pupil spending
- 11,792
- Students enrolled
- 56th
- Pct. in MN
Near benchmark
Mounds View Public School District sits in the lowest third of Minnesota districts on estimated teacher pay at $68,495 (above only 56% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $68,495, near the national average of $70,245, serving 11,792 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Lower-third pay in state: Mounds View Public School District sits in the lowest third of Minnesota districts on estimated teacher pay at $68,495 (above only 56% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
- 56th percentile for Minnesota
- 56th percentile nationally
- 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
- Minnesota ranks #22 of 49 on the salary estimate and #21 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
- Mounds View Public School District ranks #136 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #198 of 310 by per-pupil spending. Bloomington Public School District pay #1 at $101,366 is not Red Rock Central School District spending #1 at $46,321 per pupil
- +9.3% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)
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Instructional payroll mix vs Minnesota median
Among 354 Minnesota districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Mounds View Public School District's instructional payroll puts 3.7% into other programs , 3.3 points above the state median of 0.4%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.
| Program | Mounds View | MN median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 78.3% | 79.6% | -1.3 pp |
| Special education | 15.9% | 15.3% | +0.7 pp |
| Vocational programs | 2.1% | 3.4% | -1.3 pp |
| Other programs | 3.7% | 0.4% | +3.3 pp |
Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 354 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2722950 · FY2023.
LEAID 2722950 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Mounds View F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $68,495 estimated average teacher salary · P56 in Minnesota · P56 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Brainerd ($697est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Mounds View
Salary neighbourhood · Mounds View
Mounds View 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).
- Spring · low pole
Spring · low pole
$63,219 est. salary
- Forest · near
Forest · near
$67,455 est. salary
- Brainerd · near
Brainerd · near
$67,797 est. salary
- Mounds · this district
Mounds · this district
$68,495 est. salary
- Owatonna · near
Owatonna · near
$69,597 est. salary
- Bloomington · top pay
Bloomington · top pay
$101,366 est. salary
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National salary distribution for Mounds View
Mounds View Public School District's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$68,495 Top 44% higher than 56% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Mounds View in Minnesota's lower-third pay band
Same 310 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Bloomington Public School District
Bloomington Public School District
$101,366 est. avg salary
- Red Rock Central School District
Red Rock Central School District
$76,530 est. avg salary
- Mounds View Public School District
Mounds View Public School District
$68,495 est. avg salary
What this shows Mounds View Public School District ranks #136 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #198 of 310 by per-pupil spending. Bloomington Public School District pay #1 at $101,366 is not Red Rock Central School District spending #1 at $46,321 per pupil
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Mounds View Public School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Red Rock Central School District
Red Rock Central School District
$46,321 per pupil
- Bloomington Public School District
Bloomington Public School District
$21,566 per pupil
- Mounds View Public School District $17,243
Mounds View Public School District
$17,243 per pupil
What this shows Red Rock Central School District leads spending at $46,321 per pupil; Bloomington Public School District leads pay.
What stands out about Mounds View Public School District
- Estimated teacher pay here moved +9.3% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Minnesota's statewide +14.0% by 4.7 points, a growth rate faster than 29% of the 326 Minnesota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
Minnesota sits close to national prices
- Nominal district estimate
- $68,494.658
- Minnesota price level
- 98.3 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $69,678
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+2% versus the nominal figure.
Prices in Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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 Mounds View Public School District
What the Numbers Say About Mounds View Public School District
Mounds View Public School District is a mid-sized school district in Minnesota, serving 11,792 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,243. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $68,495, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2722950 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $68,032, teacher pay in Mounds View Public School District runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 0.7% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (2.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 56% of them. Minnesota itself ranks #22 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.
On the budget side, Mounds View Public School District reports $203.3M in total expenditure against $222.9M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 34% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $42.4M, special-education teacher pay is $8.6M.
How does Mounds View Public School District compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Minnesota average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Mounds View Public School District pays -18.3% less than Anoka-Hennepin School District · per-pupil $17,243 vs $17,610
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 Minnesota districts
On pay, Mounds View Public School District sits closest to Albert Lea Public School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Bemidji Public 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.
- Albert Lea Public School District
- Worthington Public School District
- Brainerd Public School District
- Forest Lake Public School District
- Owatonna Public School District
- Chisago Lakes School District
- Faribault Public School District
- Mankato Public School District
- Waconia Public School District
- Sauk Rapids-rice Public Schools
- West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan
- Bemidji Public School District
- South Washington County Schools
- Inver Grove Heights Schools
- Austin Public School District
- Hastings Public School District
- Rosemount-apple Valley-eagan
- South St. Paul Public School Dist
- Anoka-Hennepin School District
- Elk River Public School District
- Wayzata Public School District
- Sauk Rapids-rice Public Schools
Similar estimated teacher pay
- Albert Lea Public School District$68,966 estimated salary+0.7% versus this district · 3,460 students
- Worthington Public School District$69,185 estimated salary+1.0% versus this district · 3,343 students
- Brainerd Public School District$67,797 estimated salary-1.0% versus this district · 6,232 students
Similar per-pupil investment
- Bemidji Public School District$17,207 per pupil-0.2% versus this district · $71,285 estimated salary
- South Washington County Schools$17,359 per pupil+0.7% versus this district · $99,742 estimated salary
- Inver Grove Heights Schools$17,381 per pupil+0.8% versus this district · $76,125 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near Mounds View Public School District's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for Mounds View Public School District: closest on enrollment (11,792 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($68,495 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Mounds View Public 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 78% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 22% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.
Minnesota Teacher Pay Overview
The highest average among comparably sized Minnesota districts belongs to Bloomington Public School District at $101,366. Mounds View Public School District places 121 of 250 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Minnesota sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Maine and Nevada are its nearest price peers.
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Large-district sample from 315 Minnesota peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.
This is a sample of 6 from 315 Minnesota districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.
Frequently Asked Questions about Mounds View Public School District
What is the average teacher salary in Mounds View Public School District?
The average teacher salary in Mounds View Public School District is $68,495 (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 Mounds View Public School District teacher pay compare to the Minnesota average?
Mounds View Public School District pays 0.7% more than the Minnesota state average of $68,032. The district's average is $68,495.
How does Mounds View Public School District teacher pay compare to the national average?
Mounds View Public School District pays 2.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $68,495.
What is the per-pupil spending in Mounds View Public School District?
Mounds View Public School District spends approximately $17,243 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Mounds View Public School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 34% of Mounds View Public School District's total expenditure of $203.3M (NCES FY2023).
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