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School district · Minnesota · LEAID 2728950

Pine Island Public School District

Pine Island Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (1,541 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Pine Island Public School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$77,596
Est. avg teacher salary

Above benchmark

$17,093
Per-pupil spending
1,541
Students enrolled
82nd
Pct. in MN
$77,596

Pine Island Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (1,541 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $77,596, above the national average of $70,245, serving 1,541 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Pine Island Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (1,541 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 82nd percentile for Minnesota
  • 71st percentile nationally
  • 31% 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.
  • Pine Island Public School District ranks #58 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #204 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
  • +14.3% 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, Pine Island Public School District's instructional payroll puts 17.3% into special education , 2.1 points above the state median of 15.3%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Minnesota peer.

Program Pine Island MN median Gap
Regular program 78.0% 79.6% -1.5 pp
Special education 17.3% 15.3% +2.1 pp
Vocational programs 4.6% 3.4% +1.2 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 2728950 · FY2023.

LEAID 2728950 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Pine Island F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +14% vs state RANK-ST-MID P82 in state RANK-NAT-MID P71 national PPE-MID $17K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,541 students INSTR-LOW 31% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Lake FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $77,596 estimated average teacher salary · P82 in Minnesota · P71 nationally · 31% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Moorhead ($440est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Pine Island

Salary neighbourhood · Pine Island

Pine Island 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Pine Island

Pine Island Public School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$77,596 Top 29% higher than 71% 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. 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

What stands out about Pine Island Public School District

  • Enrolment grew 13.5% here, from 1,358 students in FY2019 to 1,541 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

Minnesota sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$77,595.763

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Minnesota price level
98.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$78,936

+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 Pine Island Public School District

What the Numbers Say About Pine Island Public School District

Pine Island Public School District is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 1,541 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,093. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $77,596, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2728950 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $68,032, teacher pay in Pine Island Public School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 14.1% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (10.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 82% 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, Pine Island Public School District reports $26.3M in total expenditure against $22.7M 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 $4.9M, special-education teacher pay is $1.1M.

How does Pine Island 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.

Pine Island Public School District $77,596
Anoka-Hennepin School District $83,820
Minnesota avg $68,032
National avg $70,245

Pine Island Public School District pays -7.4% less than Anoka-Hennepin School District · per-pupil $17,093 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, Pine Island Public School District sits closest to Lake Superior Public School Dist.; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist. 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. Lake Superior Public School Dist.
  2. Blackduck Public School District
  3. Hawley Public School District
  4. Austin Public School District
  5. Minnewaska School District
  6. Battle Lake Public School District
  7. Red Rock Central School District
  8. Glencoe-silver Lake School District
  9. Hastings Public School District
  10. Inver Grove Heights Schools
  11. Wadena-deer Creek School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Lewiston-Altura Public School Dist
  2. Isle Public School District
  3. Willow River Public School District
  4. Ada-Borup-West Public Schools
  5. Caledonia Public School District
  6. Goodhue Public School District
  7. Martin County West School District
  8. Holdingford Public School District
  9. Bird Island-olivia-lake Lillian
  10. Bemidji Public School District
  11. New Ulm Public School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Pine Island Public School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Pine Island Public School District: closest on enrollment (1,541 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($77,596 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

$22.7M
Total Revenue
$26.3M
Total Expenditure
$8.0M
Instruction Salaries
31% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$4.9M
Regular Program
$1.1M
Special Education
$0.3M
Vocational

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Pine Island Public School District: the regular program, special education and vocational programs. It reports no separate figure for other programs. 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. Pine Island Public School District sits in the upper quarter of that field at 51 of 250, nearer the ceiling than the floor. 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.

View all Minnesota districts →

Other Minnesota Districts

Smaller-district sample from 315 Minnesota peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Luverne Public School District
$73,012
1,161 students
Foley Public School District
$85,575
1,925 students
Roseau Public School District
$81,128
1,152 students
Sauk Centre Public School District
$72,424
1,139 students
Cass Lake-bena Public Schools
$67,555
1,138 students
Crookston Public School District
$65,339
1,135 students

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 Pine Island Public School District
What is the average teacher salary in Pine Island Public School District?

The average teacher salary in Pine Island Public School District is $77,596 (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 Pine Island Public School District teacher pay compare to the Minnesota average?

Pine Island Public School District pays 14.1% more than the Minnesota state average of $68,032. The district's average is $77,596.

How does Pine Island Public School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Pine Island Public School District pays 10.5% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $77,596.

What is the per-pupil spending in Pine Island Public School District?

Pine Island Public School District spends approximately $17,093 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Pine Island Public School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 31% of Pine Island Public School District's total expenditure of $26.3M (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. Pine Island Public 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.