SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 1,080 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,332. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $97,472, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2732850 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 2.7% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (18.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 81% 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, SAUK CENTRE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $20.9M in total expenditure against $18.1M 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 $4.3M, special-education teacher pay is $0.8M. 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.