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Neenah Joint School District

Neenah Joint School District spends $32,344 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable Wisconsin districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Neenah Joint School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$77,129
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$32,344
Per-pupil spending
6,527
Students enrolled
82nd
Pct. in WI
$77,129

Neenah Joint School District spends $32,344 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable Wisconsin districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $77,129, above the national average of $70,245, serving 6,527 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • High per-pupil spending: Neenah Joint School District spends $32,344 per pupil, in the highest third among comparable Wisconsin districts with a reliable figure.
  • 82nd percentile for Wisconsin
  • 70th percentile nationally
  • 15% 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.
  • Neenah Joint School District ranks #72 of 403 Wisconsin districts by estimated teacher salary and #12 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
  • +11.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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LEAID 5510320 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Neenah Joint F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-ABOVE +9% vs state RANK-ST-MID P82 in state RANK-NAT-MID P70 national PPE-HIGH $32K/pupil ENR-MID 6,527 students INSTR-LOW 15% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near D FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $77,129 estimated average teacher salary · P82 in Wisconsin · P70 nationally · 15% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: D ($34est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Neenah Joint

Salary neighbourhood · Neenah Joint

Neenah Joint 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 Neenah Joint

Neenah Joint School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$77,129 Top 30% higher than 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Neenah Joint 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

Neenah Joint in Wisconsin's upper-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 Neenah Joint School District ranks #72 of 403 Wisconsin districts by estimated teacher salary and #12 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

Neenah Joint 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 Neenah Joint School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +11.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Wisconsin's statewide +14.3% by 3.2 points, a growth rate faster than 37% of the 410 Wisconsin districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Its per-pupil spending of $32,344 is among the highest in the nation.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$77,128.925

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
$82,739

+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 Neenah Joint School District

What the Numbers Say About Neenah Joint School District

Neenah Joint School District is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Wisconsin, serving 6,527 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $32,344. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $77,129, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5510320 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Wisconsin statewide average of $70,465, teacher pay in Neenah Joint School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 9.5% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (9.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Wisconsin, it pays more than 82% 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, Neenah Joint School District reports $211.1M in total expenditure against $110.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 15% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $23.4M, special-education teacher pay is $6.9M.

How does Neenah Joint 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.

Neenah Joint School District $77,129
Milwaukee School District $80,043
Wisconsin avg $70,465
National avg $70,245

Neenah Joint School District pays -3.6% less than Milwaukee School District · per-pupil $32,344 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, Neenah Joint School District sits closest to D C Everest Area School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Madison Metropolitan 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. D C Everest Area School District
  2. Appleton Area School District
  3. River Falls School District
  4. Hamilton School District
  5. New Berlin School District
  6. Oregon School District
  7. Cedarburg School District
  8. New Richmond School District
  9. Saint Croix Central School District
  10. Franklin Public School District
  11. Holmen School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Madison Metropolitan School District
  2. Howard-Suamico School District
  3. Wisconsin Rapids School District
  4. Oshkosh Area School District
  5. Hayward Community School District
  6. Racine Unified School District
  7. Shorewood School District
  8. Beloit School District
  9. Wisconsin Dells School District
  10. Delavan-Darien School District
  11. Cudahy School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Neenah Joint School District's pay band

Two out-of-state peer sets for Neenah Joint School District: closest on enrollment (6,527 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($77,129 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

$110.3M
Total Revenue
$211.1M
Total Expenditure
$32.4M
Instruction Salaries
15% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$23.4M
Regular Program
$6.9M
Special Education
$1.1M
Vocational
$1.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Neenah Joint 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. Neenah Joint School District sits in the upper quarter of that field at 64 of 304, nearer the ceiling than the floor. 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.

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Other Wisconsin Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this Wisconsin sample (including Neenah Joint). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

D C Everest Area School District
$77,095
6,000 students
La Crosse School District
$69,011
5,992 students
West Allis-West Milwaukee School District
$66,954
7,095 students
Verona Area School District
$86,051
5,827 students
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
$72,024
7,263 students
Howard-Suamico School District
$70,961
5,781 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 Neenah Joint School District
What is the average teacher salary in Neenah Joint School District?

The average teacher salary in Neenah Joint School District is $77,129 (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 Neenah Joint School District teacher pay compare to the Wisconsin average?

Neenah Joint School District pays 9.5% more than the Wisconsin state average of $70,465. The district's average is $77,129.

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

Neenah Joint School District pays 9.8% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $77,129.

What is the per-pupil spending in Neenah Joint School District?

Neenah Joint School District spends approximately $32,344 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

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

Instructional salaries account for 15% of Neenah Joint School District's total expenditure of $211.1M (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. Neenah Joint 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.