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Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Massachusetts districts (1,322 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$70,720
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$22,793
Per-pupil spending
1,322
Students enrolled
15th
Pct. in MA
$70,720

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Massachusetts districts (1,322 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $70,720, near the national average of $70,245, serving 1,322 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Massachusetts districts (1,322 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 15th percentile for Massachusetts
  • 60th percentile nationally
  • 35% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Massachusetts ranks #9 of 49 on the salary estimate and #17 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District ranks #244 of 288 Massachusetts districts by estimated teacher salary and #205 of 288 by per-pupil spending. Boston pay #1 at $121,260 is not Watertown spending #1 at $60,947 per pupil
  • +8.8% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Massachusetts median

Among 318 Massachusetts districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District's instructional payroll puts 85.1% into regular program , 5.5 points above the state median of 79.6%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Massachusetts district.

Program Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional MA median Gap
Regular program 85.1% 79.6% +5.5 pp
Special education 14.9% 18.8% -3.8 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 318 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2500013 · FY2023.

LEAID 2500013 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -16% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P15 in state RANK-NAT-MID P60 national PPE-HIGH $23K/pupil ENR-SMALL 1,322 students INSTR-MID 35% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Leicester FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $70,720 estimated average teacher salary · P15 in Massachusetts · P60 nationally · 35% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Springfield ($559est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional

Salary neighbourhood · Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional 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
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National salary distribution for Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$70,720 Top 40% higher than 60% 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

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional in Massachusetts's lower-third pay band

Same 288 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District ranks #244 of 288 Massachusetts districts by estimated teacher salary and #205 of 288 by per-pupil spending. Boston pay #1 at $121,260 is not Watertown spending #1 at $60,947 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Watertown leads spending at $60,947 per pupil; Boston leads pay.

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

What stands out about Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +8.8% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing Massachusetts's statewide +19.4% by 10.6 points, a growth rate faster than 20% of the 224 Massachusetts districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 1,511 to 1,322 students (12.5% 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.

Massachusetts prices absorb part of this salary

Nominal district estimate
$70,720.238

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Massachusetts price level
107.7 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$65,679

-7% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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 Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District

What the Numbers Say About Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is a small school district in Massachusetts, serving 1,322 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $22,793. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $70,720, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2500013 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Massachusetts statewide average of $84,560, teacher pay in Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 16.4% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (0.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Massachusetts, it pays more than 15% of them. Massachusetts itself ranks #9 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District reports $30.1M in total expenditure against $33.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 35% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $7.3M, special-education teacher pay is $1.3M.

How does Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District compare?

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

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District $70,720
Boston $121,260
Massachusetts avg $84,560
National avg $70,245

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District pays -41.7% less than Boston · per-pupil $22,793 vs $45,516

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 Massachusetts districts

On pay, Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District sits closest to Leicester; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Dighton-Rehoboth. 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. Leicester
  2. Bristol County Agricultural
  3. West Springfield
  4. Ludlow
  5. Lenox
  6. Berkley
  7. Mohawk Trail
  8. Fairhaven
  9. Palmer
  10. Spencer-E Brookfield
  11. West Bridgewater
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Dighton-Rehoboth
  2. Duxbury
  3. Mendon-Upton
  4. Northbridge
  5. Walpole
  6. Medfield
  7. Carver
  8. Nashoba
  9. Acushnet
  10. Tyngsborough
  11. Medway

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District: closest on enrollment (1,322 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($70,720 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

$33.3M
Total Revenue
$30.1M
Total Expenditure
$10.6M
Instruction Salaries
35% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$7.3M
Regular Program
$1.3M
Special Education

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 2 programs in Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District: the regular program and special education. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs and other programs. Together they are 81% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 19% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Massachusetts Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Massachusetts districts belongs to Boston at $121,260. Placed 233 of 272, Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. Because Massachusetts prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; New York and Washington are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.

View all Massachusetts districts →

Other Massachusetts Districts

Smaller-district sample from 289 Massachusetts peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Carver
$76,589
1,525 students
Central Berkshire
$76,236
1,537 students
Masconomet
$108,423
1,549 students
Hopedale
$68,446
1,092 students
Bourne
$85,919
1,554 students
Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical
$94,427
1,558 students

This is a sample of 6 from 289 Massachusetts districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District
What is the average teacher salary in Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District?

The average teacher salary in Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District is $70,720 (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 Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District teacher pay compare to the Massachusetts average?

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District pays 16.4% less than the Massachusetts state average of $84,560. The district's average is $70,720.

How does Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District pays 0.7% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $70,720.

What is the per-pupil spending in Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District?

Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District spends approximately $22,793 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 35% of Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District's total expenditure of $30.1M (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. Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional 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.