School district · Minnesota · LEAID 2733270
South St. Paul Public School Dist
South St. Paul Public School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (3,048 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for South St. Paul Public School Dist come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $73,758
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $16,943
- Per-pupil spending
- 3,048
- Students enrolled
- 74th
- Pct. in MN
Above benchmark
South St. Paul Public School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (3,048 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $73,758, above the national average of $70,245, serving 3,048 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Smaller enrollment scale: South St. Paul Public School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (3,048 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
- 74th percentile for Minnesota
- 65th percentile nationally
- 36% 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.
- South St. Paul Public School Dist ranks #80 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #213 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
- +5.4% 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, South St. Paul Public School Dist's instructional payroll puts 1.0% into vocational programs , 2.4 points below the state median of 3.4%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.
| Program | South St. | MN median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 79.9% | 79.6% | +0.3 pp |
| Special education | 17.6% | 15.3% | +2.3 pp |
| Vocational programs | 1.0% | 3.4% | -2.4 pp |
| Other programs | 1.5% | 0.4% | +1.1 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 2733270 · FY2023.
LEAID 2733270 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
South St. F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $73,758 estimated average teacher salary · P74 in Minnesota · P65 nationally · 36% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: North (+$886est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for South St.
Salary neighbourhood · South St.
South St. 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).
- Spring · low pole
Spring · low pole
$63,219 est. salary
- Lakeville · near
Lakeville · near
$72,832 est. salary
- South · this district
South · this district
$73,758 est. salary
- North · near
North · near
$74,645 est. salary
- Burnsville-Eagan-Savage
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage · near
$74,725 est. salary
- Bloomington · top pay
Bloomington · top pay
$101,366 est. salary
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National salary distribution for South St.
South St. Paul Public School Dist's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$73,758 Top 35% higher than 65% of 10,684 US districts
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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 St. in Minnesota's lower-third pay band
Same 310 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Bloomington Public School District
Bloomington Public School District
$101,366 est. avg salary
- Red Rock Central School District
Red Rock Central School District
$76,530 est. avg salary
- South St. Paul Public School Dist
South St. Paul Public School Dist
$73,758 est. avg salary
What this shows South St. Paul Public School Dist ranks #80 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #213 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
The same districts by per-pupil spending
South St. Paul Public School Dist is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Red Rock Central School District
Red Rock Central School District
$46,321 per pupil
- Bloomington Public School District
Bloomington Public School District
$21,566 per pupil
- South St. Paul Public School Dist $16,943
South St. Paul Public School Dist
$16,943 per pupil
What this shows Red Rock Central School District leads spending at $46,321 per pupil; Bloomington Public School District leads pay.
What stands out about South St. Paul Public School Dist
- Estimated teacher pay here moved +5.4% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Minnesota's statewide +14.0% by 8.6 points, a growth rate faster than 17% of the 326 Minnesota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- Enrolment fell from 3,548 to 3,048 students (14.1% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
Minnesota sits close to national prices
- Nominal district estimate
- $73,758.468
- Minnesota price level
- 98.3 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $75,033
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+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 South St. Paul Public School Dist
What the Numbers Say About South St. Paul Public School Dist
South St. Paul Public School Dist is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Minnesota, serving 3,048 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $16,943. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $73,758, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2733270 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $68,032, teacher pay in South St. Paul Public School Dist runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 8.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (5.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 74% 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, South St. Paul Public School Dist reports $51.6M in total expenditure against $55.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 36% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $10.5M, special-education teacher pay is $2.3M.
How does South St. Paul Public School Dist compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Minnesota average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
South St. Paul Public School Dist pays -12.0% less than Anoka-Hennepin School District · per-pupil $16,943 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, South St. Paul Public School Dist sits closest to Byron Public School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is New Ulm Public 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.
- Byron Public School District
- Columbia Heights Public School Dist
- Sartell-st. Stephen School District
- International Falls School District
- Brooklyn Center School District
- Luverne Public School District
- North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale
- Lakeville Area Schools
- Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools
- Melrose Public School District
- Becker Public School District
- New Ulm Public School District
- Thief River Falls School District
- St. James Public School District
- Pine Island Public School District
- Chatfield Public Schools
- New London-spicer School District
- Aitkin Public School District
- West Central Area
- Holdingford Public School District
- Bemidji Public School District
- Morris Area Public Schools
Similar estimated teacher pay
- Byron Public School District$73,668 estimated salary-0.1% versus this district · 2,286 students
- Columbia Heights Public School Dist$73,507 estimated salary-0.3% versus this district · 3,281 students
- Sartell-st. Stephen School District$73,260 estimated salary-0.7% versus this district · 4,098 students
Similar per-pupil investment
- New Ulm Public School District$16,945 per pupil+0.0% versus this district · $72,519 estimated salary
- Thief River Falls School District$16,940 per pupil-0.0% versus this district · $70,612 estimated salary
- St. James Public School District$16,933 per pupil-0.1% versus this district · $58,502 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near South St. Paul Public School Dist's smaller enrollment
Two out-of-state peer sets for South St. Paul Public School Dist: closest on enrollment (3,048 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($73,758 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in South St. Paul Public School Dist: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 72% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 28% 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. South St. Paul Public School Dist places 68 of 250 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. 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.
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Smaller-district sample from 315 Minnesota peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.
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 South St. Paul Public School Dist
What is the average teacher salary in South St. Paul Public School Dist?
The average teacher salary in South St. Paul Public School Dist is $73,758 (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 St. Paul Public School Dist teacher pay compare to the Minnesota average?
South St. Paul Public School Dist pays 8.4% more than the Minnesota state average of $68,032. The district's average is $73,758.
How does South St. Paul Public School Dist teacher pay compare to the national average?
South St. Paul Public School Dist pays 5.0% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $73,758.
What is the per-pupil spending in South St. Paul Public School Dist?
South St. Paul Public School Dist spends approximately $16,943 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of South St. Paul Public School Dist's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 36% of South St. Paul Public School Dist's total expenditure of $51.6M (NCES FY2023).
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