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School district · Nebraska · LEAID 3177180

Southern School District 1

Southern School District 1 sits in the lowest third of Nebraska districts on estimated teacher pay at $57,273 (above only 17% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Southern School District 1 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$57,273
Est. avg teacher salary

Below benchmark

$19,018
Per-pupil spending
379
Students enrolled
17th
Pct. in NE
$57,273

Southern School District 1 sits in the lowest third of Nebraska districts on estimated teacher pay at $57,273 (above only 17% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $57,273, below the national average of $70,245, serving 379 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Southern School District 1 sits in the lowest third of Nebraska districts on estimated teacher pay at $57,273 (above only 17% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 17th percentile for Nebraska
  • 31st percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Southern School District 1 ranks #166 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #107 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +6.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Southern School District 1's instructional payroll puts 64.2% into regular program , 16.5 points below the state median of 80.7%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Southern School NE median Gap
Regular program 64.2% 80.7% -16.5 pp
Special education 16.9% 11.8% +5.1 pp
Other programs 18.9% 7.4% +11.5 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3177180 · FY2023.

LEAID 3177180 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Southern School F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-BELOW -9% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P17 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P31 national PPE-MID $19K/pupil ENR-TINY 379 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Amherst FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $57,273 estimated average teacher salary · P17 in Nebraska · P31 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Schuyler (+$1,400est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Southern School

Salary neighbourhood · Southern School

Southern School trails 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 Southern School

Southern School District 1's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$57,273 31st percentile higher than 31% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $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. Southern School District 1 $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

Southern School in Nebraska's lower-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Southern School District 1 ranks #166 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #107 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Southern School District 1 is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

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

What stands out about Southern School District 1

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +6.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 3.2 points, a growth rate faster than 34% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • It is a very small district (379 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$57,272.727

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$63,433

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

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 Nebraska 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 Southern School District 1

What the Numbers Say About Southern School District 1

Southern School District 1 is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 379 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,018. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $57,273, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3177180 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Southern School District 1 runs materially below the state benchmark, a 9.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (18.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 17% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Southern School District 1 reports $7.2M in total expenditure against $7.9M 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 $1.3M, special-education teacher pay is $0.3M.

How does Southern School District 1 compare?

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

Southern School District 1 $57,273
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Southern School District 1 pays -23.4% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $19,018 vs $18,493

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 Nebraska districts

On pay, Southern School District 1 sits closest to Amherst Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Bancroft-rosalie Comm Schools. 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. Amherst Public Schools
  2. Superior Public Schools
  3. Plainview Public Schools
  4. Giltner Public Schools
  5. Kenesaw Public Schools
  6. Creighton Community Public Schools
  7. Wilber-clatonia Public Schools
  8. Neligh-oakdale Schools
  9. Stuart Public Schools
  10. Sutton Public Schools
  11. Clarkson Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Bancroft-rosalie Comm Schools
  2. Crofton Community Schools
  3. Randolph Public Schools
  4. Pender Public Schools
  5. Ponca Public Schools
  6. Humphrey Public Schools
  7. Plainview Public Schools
  8. Wahoo Public Schools
  9. Shelby - Rising City Public Schools
  10. Arapahoe Public Schools
  11. Cambridge Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Southern School District 1's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Southern School District 1: closest on enrollment (379 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($57,273 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

$7.9M
Total Revenue
$7.2M
Total Expenditure
$2.5M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.3M
Regular Program
$0.3M
Special Education
$0.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Southern School District 1: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 82% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 18% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. At the other end, Southern School District 1 anchors the bottom of the 91-district field, so the gap between it and the state's ceiling is close to the full spread the state average is drawn from. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Amherst Public Schools
$57,268
394 students
Johnson-brock Public Schools
$63,792
363 students
Hemingford Public Schools
$63,730
395 students
Alma Public Schools
$63,185
359 students
Hartington Newcastle Public Schools
$67,958
400 students
Crofton Community Schools
$61,668
358 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Southern School District 1
What is the average teacher salary in Southern School District 1?

The average teacher salary in Southern School District 1 is $57,273 (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 Southern School District 1 teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Southern School District 1 pays 9.3% less than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $57,273.

How does Southern School District 1 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Southern School District 1 pays 18.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $57,273.

What is the per-pupil spending in Southern School District 1?

Southern School District 1 spends approximately $19,018 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Southern School District 1's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Southern School District 1's total expenditure of $7.2M (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. Southern School District 1'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.