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School district · New Jersey · LEAID 3415120

South Amboy School District

South Amboy School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (1,151 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for South Amboy School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$74,714
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$22,741
Per-pupil spending
1,151
Students enrolled
36th
Pct. in NJ
$74,714

South Amboy School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (1,151 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $74,714, above the national average of $70,245, serving 1,151 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: South Amboy School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable New Jersey districts (1,151 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 36th percentile for New Jersey
  • 67th percentile nationally
  • 29% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • New Jersey ranks #15 of 49 on the salary estimate and #9 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • South Amboy School District ranks #330 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #493 of 510 by per-pupil spending. Perth Amboy Public School District pay #1 at $159,259 is not Asbury Park School District spending #1 at $62,321 per pupil
  • +2.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs New Jersey median

Among 577 New Jersey districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, South Amboy School District's instructional payroll puts 77.8% into regular program , 3.1 points above the state median of 74.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median New Jersey district.

Program South Amboy NJ median Gap
Regular program 77.8% 74.7% +3.1 pp
Special education 21.1% 19.7% +1.4 pp
Other programs 1.1% 4.0% -2.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 577 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3415120 · FY2023.

LEAID 3415120 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

South Amboy F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -5% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P36 in state RANK-NAT-MID P67 national PPE-HIGH $23K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,151 students INSTR-LOW 29% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Stratford FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $74,714 estimated average teacher salary · P36 in New Jersey · P67 nationally · 29% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Hamilton ($214est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for South Amboy

Salary neighbourhood · South Amboy

South Amboy sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (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 South Amboy

South Amboy School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$74,714 Top 33% higher than 67% 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. South Amboy 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

South Amboy in New Jersey's lower-third pay band

Same 510 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows South Amboy School District ranks #330 of 510 New Jersey districts by estimated teacher salary and #493 of 510 by per-pupil spending. Perth Amboy Public School District pay #1 at $159,259 is not Asbury Park School District spending #1 at $62,321 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

South Amboy School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Asbury Park School District leads spending at $62,321 per pupil; Perth Amboy Public School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about South Amboy School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +2.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing New Jersey's statewide +11.0% by 9.0 points, a growth rate faster than 14% of the 375 New Jersey districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 6.8% here, from 1,078 students in FY2019 to 1,151 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.

New Jersey prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$74,714.286

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

New Jersey price level
108.9 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$68,582

-8% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in New Jersey run above the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. Comparing it with a district in a cheaper state without this adjustment overstates its relative value.

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 New Jersey 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 South Amboy School District

What the Numbers Say About South Amboy School District

South Amboy School District is a small school district in New Jersey, serving 1,151 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $22,741. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $74,714, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3415120 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the New Jersey statewide average of $78,597, teacher pay in South Amboy School District runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 4.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.4% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Jersey, it pays more than 36% of them. New Jersey itself ranks #15 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, South Amboy School District reports $26.2M in total expenditure against $27.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 29% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $5.3M, special-education teacher pay is $1.4M.

How does South Amboy School District compare?

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

South Amboy School District $74,714
Newark Public School District $92,614
New Jersey avg $78,597
National avg $70,245

South Amboy School District pays -19.3% less than Newark Public School District · per-pupil $22,741 vs $44,682

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 New Jersey districts

On pay, South Amboy School District sits closest to Stratford School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Stafford Township 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. Stratford School District
  2. Glassboro School District
  3. Clark Township Public School District
  4. Hopewell Township School District
  5. Branchburg Township School District
  6. Spotswood Public School District
  7. Cape May County Technical High School District
  8. Area Vocational Technical School District of Mercer County
  9. Demarest School District
  10. Riverside Township School District
  11. North Plainfield School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Stafford Township School District
  2. Robbinsville Public School District
  3. Dunellen Public School District
  4. River Edge School District
  5. Medford Lakes School District
  6. Clearview Regional High School District
  7. Totowa Public School District
  8. Evesham Township School District
  9. Point Pleasant Borough School District
  10. Atlantic County Vocational School District
  11. HADDON HEIGHTS School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near South Amboy School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for South Amboy School District: closest on enrollment (1,151 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($74,714 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

$27.1M
Total Revenue
$26.2M
Total Expenditure
$7.6M
Instruction Salaries
29% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$5.3M
Regular Program
$1.4M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in South Amboy School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 90% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 10% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

New Jersey Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized New Jersey districts belongs to Perth Amboy Public School District at $159,259. South Amboy School District places 292 of 422 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Because New Jersey prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Washington and Hawaii are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

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Other New Jersey Districts

Smaller-district sample from 522 New Jersey peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Morris County Vocational School District
$84,667
1,272 students
Haledon Public School District
$69,098
1,028 students
East Greenwich Township School District
$72,294
1,282 students
Branchburg Township School District
$74,583
1,283 students
Northern Highlands Regional High School District
$101,466
1,287 students
Dunellen Public School District
$64,174
1,288 students

This is a sample of 6 from 522 New Jersey districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about South Amboy School District
What is the average teacher salary in South Amboy School District?

The average teacher salary in South Amboy School District is $74,714 (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 South Amboy School District teacher pay compare to the New Jersey average?

South Amboy School District pays 4.9% less than the New Jersey state average of $78,597. The district's average is $74,714.

How does South Amboy School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

South Amboy School District pays 6.4% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $74,714.

What is the per-pupil spending in South Amboy School District?

South Amboy School District spends approximately $22,741 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of South Amboy School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 29% of South Amboy School District's total expenditure of $26.2M (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. South Amboy 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.