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St. Bernard Parish

St. Bernard Parish spends $14,176 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable Louisiana districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for St. Bernard Parish come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$65,472
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$14,176
Per-pupil spending
8,277
Students enrolled
46th
Pct. in LA
$65,472

St. Bernard Parish spends $14,176 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable Louisiana districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $65,472, below the national average of $70,245, serving 8,277 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower per-pupil spending: St. Bernard Parish spends $14,176 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable Louisiana districts with a reliable figure.
  • 46th percentile for Louisiana
  • 49th percentile nationally
  • 30% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Louisiana ranks #25 of 49 on the salary estimate and #26 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • St. Bernard Parish ranks #37 of 69 Louisiana districts by estimated teacher salary and #62 of 69 by per-pupil spending. Red River Parish pay #1 at $91,421 is not Cameron Parish spending #1 at $39,989 per pupil
  • +17.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Louisiana median

Among 70 Louisiana districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, St. Bernard Parish's instructional payroll puts 76.4% into regular program , 5.5 points above the state median of 70.9%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Louisiana district.

Program St. Bernard LA median Gap
Regular program 76.4% 70.9% +5.5 pp
Special education 11.9% 13.9% -2.0 pp
Vocational programs 3.0% 3.9% -0.9 pp
Other programs 8.7% 9.5% -0.8 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 70 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2201410 · FY2023.

LEAID 2201410 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

St. Bernard F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P46 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P49 national PPE-MID $14K/pupil ENR-MID 8,277 students INSTR-LOW 30% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Jefferson FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $65,472 estimated average teacher salary · P46 in Louisiana · P49 nationally · 30% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Jefferson (+$279est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for St. Bernard

Salary neighbourhood · St. Bernard

St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard

St. Bernard Parish's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$65,472 49th percentile higher than 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. St. Bernard Parish $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

St. Bernard in Louisiana's lower-third pay band

Same 69 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows St. Bernard Parish ranks #37 of 69 Louisiana districts by estimated teacher salary and #62 of 69 by per-pupil spending. Red River Parish pay #1 at $91,421 is not Cameron Parish spending #1 at $39,989 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

St. Bernard Parish is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Cameron Parish leads spending at $39,989 per pupil; Red River Parish leads pay.

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

What stands out about St. Bernard Parish

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +17.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Louisiana's statewide +11.5% by 5.7 points, a growth rate faster than 54% of the 70 Louisiana districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 6.8% here, from 7,752 students in FY2019 to 8,277 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.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$65,472.055

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Louisiana price level
88.7 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$73,813

+13% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 St. Bernard Parish

What the Numbers Say About St. Bernard Parish

St. Bernard Parish is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Louisiana, serving 8,277 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,176. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $65,472, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2201410 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Louisiana statewide average of $66,733, teacher pay in St. Bernard Parish runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 1.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Louisiana, it pays more than 46% of them. Louisiana itself ranks #25 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, St. Bernard Parish reports $117.3M in total expenditure against $123.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 30% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $24.1M, special-education teacher pay is $3.8M.

How does St. Bernard Parish compare?

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

St. Bernard Parish $65,472
Jefferson Parish $66,324
Louisiana avg $66,733
National avg $70,245

St. Bernard Parish pays -1.3% less than Jefferson Parish · per-pupil $14,176 vs $15,908

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 Louisiana districts

On pay, St. Bernard Parish sits closest to Jefferson Davis Parish; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Bossier Parish. 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. Jefferson Davis Parish
  2. Tangipahoa Parish
  3. St. Landry Parish
  4. Morehouse Parish
  5. Jackson Parish
  6. Pointe Coupee Parish
  7. Lafayette Parish
  8. Sabine Parish
  9. Natchitoches Parish
  10. Acadia Parish
  11. Vernon Parish
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Bossier Parish
  2. Grant Parish
  3. Tangipahoa Parish
  4. Washington Parish
  5. Rapides Parish
  6. LaSalle Parish
  7. Ouachita Parish
  8. Avoyelles Parish
  9. Vermilion Parish
  10. Zachary Community School District
  11. Vernon Parish

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts with similar lower pay

Two out-of-state peer sets for St. Bernard Parish: closest on enrollment (8,277 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($65,472 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

$123.5M
Total Revenue
$117.3M
Total Expenditure
$34.8M
Instruction Salaries
30% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$24.1M
Regular Program
$3.8M
Special Education
$0.9M
Vocational
$2.7M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in St. Bernard Parish: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. 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.

Louisiana Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Louisiana districts belongs to Red River Parish at $91,421. St. Bernard Parish places 37 of 69 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Oklahoma and Iowa are the states closest to Louisiana 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 Louisiana districts →

Other Louisiana Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this Louisiana sample (including St. Bernard). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

Claiborne Parish
$64,068
1,731 students
Caldwell Parish
$65,332
1,502 students
Red River Parish
$91,421
1,412 students
Madison Parish
$53,668
1,379 students
St. Mary Parish
$68,057
8,054 students
City of Monroe School District
$71,245
8,646 students

This is a sample of 6 from 68 Louisiana districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about St. Bernard Parish
What is the average teacher salary in St. Bernard Parish?

The average teacher salary in St. Bernard Parish is $65,472 (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 St. Bernard Parish teacher pay compare to the Louisiana average?

St. Bernard Parish pays 1.9% less than the Louisiana state average of $66,733. The district's average is $65,472.

How does St. Bernard Parish teacher pay compare to the national average?

St. Bernard Parish pays 6.8% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $65,472.

What is the per-pupil spending in St. Bernard Parish?

St. Bernard Parish spends approximately $14,176 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of St. Bernard Parish's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 30% of St. Bernard Parish's total expenditure of $117.3M (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. St. Bernard Parish'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.