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Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Vermont districts (2,609 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$92,776
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$23,890
Per-pupil spending
2,609
Students enrolled
90th
Pct. in VT
$92,776

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Vermont districts (2,609 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $92,776, above the national average of $70,245, serving 2,609 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Large enrollment scale: Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 is in the largest third by enrollment among comparable Vermont districts (2,609 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 90th percentile for Vermont
  • 87th percentile nationally
  • 32% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Vermont ranks #18 of 49 on the salary estimate and #48 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 ranks #7 of 70 Vermont districts by estimated teacher salary and #51 of 70 by per-pupil spending. Saint Johnsbury School District pay #1 at $103,297 is not Winooski Incorporated School District spending #1 at $50,062 per pupil
  • -10.7% estimated-basis panel FY2020→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Vermont median

Among 101 Vermont districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401's instructional payroll puts 79.7% into regular program , 19.8 points below the state median of 99.5%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Mount Mansfield VT median Gap
Regular program 79.7% 99.5% -19.8 pp
Special education 19.5% 0.0% +19.5 pp
Other programs 0.7% 0.0% +0.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 101 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 5000443 · FY2023.

LEAID 5000443 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Mount Mansfield F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +29% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P90 in state RANK-NAT-MID P87 national PPE-HIGH $24K/pupil ENR-MID 2,609 students INSTR-LOW 32% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Lamoille FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $92,776 estimated average teacher salary · P90 in Vermont · P87 nationally · 32% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Lamoille ($93est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Mount Mansfield

Salary neighbourhood · Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield 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 Mount Mansfield

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$92,776 Top 13% higher than 87% 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%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Below this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). This entry sits in this band. $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. This 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

Mount Mansfield in Vermont's upper-third pay band

Same 70 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 ranks #7 of 70 Vermont districts by estimated teacher salary and #51 of 70 by per-pupil spending. Saint Johnsbury School District pay #1 at $103,297 is not Winooski Incorporated School District spending #1 at $50,062 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Winooski Incorporated School District leads spending at $50,062 per pupil; Saint Johnsbury School District leads pay.

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

Vermont sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$92,776.313

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Vermont price level
97.1 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$95,506

+3% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Vermont 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 Vermont 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 Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401

What the Numbers Say About Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Vermont, serving 2,609 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $23,890. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $92,776, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5000443 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Vermont statewide average of $72,015, teacher pay in Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 28.8% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (32.1% differential). Among enrolling districts in Vermont, it pays more than 90% of them. Vermont itself ranks #18 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 reports $62.3M in total expenditure against $61.9M 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 $13.5M, special-education teacher pay is $3.3M.

How does Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 compare?

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

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 $92,776
Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56 $98,533
Vermont avg $72,015
National avg $70,245

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 pays -5.8% less than Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56 · per-pupil $23,890 vs $26,312

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 Vermont districts

On pay, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 sits closest to Lamoille South Unified Union School District #90; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85. 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. Lamoille South Unified Union School District #90
  2. Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51
  3. Burlington School District
  4. Winooski Incorporated School District
  5. Washington Central Unified Union School District #92
  6. Colchester School District
  7. Mill River Unified Union School District #52
  8. South Burlington School District
  9. Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56
  10. Addison Central Unified Union School District #55
  11. Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85
  2. Green Mountain Unified School District #77
  3. Colchester School District
  4. Oxbow Unified Union School District #91
  5. Windsor Central Unified Union School District #76
  6. Montpelier Roxbury Unified Union School District #71
  7. Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56
  8. Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88
  9. South Burlington School District
  10. Slate Valley Unified Union School District #62
  11. Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401: closest on enrollment (2,609 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($92,776 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

$61.9M
Total Revenue
$62.3M
Total Expenditure
$19.8M
Instruction Salaries
32% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$13.5M
Regular Program
$3.3M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 85% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 15% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Vermont Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Vermont districts belongs to Saint Johnsbury School District at $103,297. Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 sits in the upper quarter of that field at 7 of 47, nearer the ceiling than the floor. On BEA's price parity Vermont sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Texas and Pennsylvania are its nearest price peers.

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Other Vermont Districts

Large-district sample from 69 Vermont peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Saint Johnsbury School District
$103,297
702 students
Oxbow Unified Union School District #91
$60,338
685 students
Green Mountain Unified School District #77
$72,597
680 students
North Country Union High School District
$67,332
680 students
Mount Ascutney School District #86
$61,600
643 students
Georgia School District
$45,099
630 students

This is a sample of 6 from 69 Vermont districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401
What is the average teacher salary in Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401?

The average teacher salary in Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 is $92,776 (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 Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 teacher pay compare to the Vermont average?

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 pays 28.8% more than the Vermont state average of $72,015. The district's average is $92,776.

How does Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 pays 32.1% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $92,776.

What is the per-pupil spending in Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401?

Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 spends approximately $23,890 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 32% of Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401's total expenditure of $62.3M (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. Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401'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.