North Country Junior UHSD #22

What the Numbers Say About North Country Junior UHSD #22

North Country Junior UHSD #22 is a small school district in Vermont, serving 235 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $25,336. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $117,894, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5009570 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Vermont statewide average of $112,556, teacher pay in North Country Junior UHSD #22 runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 4.7% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (43.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Vermont, it pays more than 68% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, North Country Junior UHSD #22 reports $6.0M in total expenditure against $5.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 31% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.6M, special-education teacher pay is $0.0M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.