School district · Florida · LEAID 1201740
St. Johns
St. Johns sits in the highest third of Florida districts on estimated teacher pay at $65,553 (above 84% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for St. Johns come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $65,553
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $12,776
- Per-pupil spending
- 50,151
- Students enrolled
- 84th
- Pct. in FL
Above benchmark
St. Johns sits in the highest third of Florida districts on estimated teacher pay at $65,553 (above 84% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $65,553, below the national average of $70,245, serving 50,151 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Upper-third pay in state: St. Johns sits in the highest third of Florida districts on estimated teacher pay at $65,553 (above 84% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
- 84th percentile for Florida
- 50th percentile nationally
- 29% of spending reaches instructional salaries
- Florida ranks #39 of 49 on the salary estimate and #3 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
- St. Johns ranks #11 of 67 Florida districts by estimated teacher salary and #48 of 67 by per-pupil spending. Monroe pay #1 at $75,623 is not Bradford spending #1 at $25,600 per pupil
- +17.1% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)
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How the salary estimate is built
FY2023 teacher salary expenditure
$185,090,000 ÷ 2823.53 reported teacher FTE = $65,553
- Regular program $114,149,000 · 61.7%
- Special education $65,210,000 · 35.2%
- Vocational programs $4,450,000 · 2.4%
- Other programs $1,281,000 · 0.7%
These NCES F-33 program totals make up the numerator of the district-level average; they do not describe an individual teacher's pay or contract.
Instructional payroll mix vs Florida median
Among 67 Florida districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, St. Johns's instructional payroll puts 35.2% into special education , 16.5 points above the state median of 18.8%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Florida peer.
| Program | St. Johns | FL median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 61.7% | 72.7% | -11.0 pp |
| Special education | 35.2% | 18.8% | +16.5 pp |
| Vocational programs | 2.4% | 3.1% | -0.7 pp |
| Other programs | 0.7% | 1.7% | -1.0 pp |
Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 67 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 1201740 · FY2023.
LEAID 1201740 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
St. Johns F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $65,553 estimated average teacher salary · P84 in Florida · P50 nationally · 29% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Walton ($444est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for St. Johns
Salary neighbourhood · St. Johns
St. Johns 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).
- Sumter · low pole
Sumter · low pole
$39,249 est. salary
- Pinellas · near
Pinellas · near
$64,513 est. salary
- Miami-dade · near
Miami-dade · near
$64,637 est. salary
- Walton · near
Walton · near
$65,109 est. salary
- St. · this district
St. · this district
$65,553 est. salary
- Charlotte · top pay
Charlotte · top pay
$75,270 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for St. Johns
St. Johns's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$65,553 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
St. Johns in Florida's upper-third pay band
Same 67 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Monroe
Monroe
$75,623 est. avg salary
- St. Johns
St. Johns
$65,553 est. avg salary
- Bradford
Bradford
$58,377 est. avg salary
What this shows St. Johns ranks #11 of 67 Florida districts by estimated teacher salary and #48 of 67 by per-pupil spending. Monroe pay #1 at $75,623 is not Bradford spending #1 at $25,600 per pupil
The same districts by per-pupil spending
St. Johns is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Bradford
Bradford
$25,600 per pupil
- Monroe
Monroe
$20,972 per pupil
- St. Johns
St. Johns
$12,776 per pupil
What this shows Bradford leads spending at $25,600 per pupil; Monroe leads pay.
What stands out about St. Johns
- Estimated teacher pay here rose +17.1% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Florida's statewide +11.0% by 6.0 points, a growth rate faster than 73% of the 67 Florida districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- Enrolment grew 19.7% here, from 41,897 students in FY2019 to 50,151 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.
- With 50,151 students, it is the 87th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
- Its total annual revenue of $665M puts it among just 160 US districts operating a budget of this size or larger, out of the 13,149 districts in the NCES CCD F-33 survey, a scale that brings dedicated budget offices, multi-year capital planning, and district-wide procurement contracts that a small district's single-person business office cannot replicate.
Scale composition for St. Johns
St. Johns enrolls 50,151 students (0.11% of the 46,412,683 students across 13,149 US districts that report enrollment in the NCES CCD F-33 survey). Only 88 districts clear the 50,000-student threshold used here - sparse districts in the 500-5,000 band cannot show a national-share read of this kind because their headcount is too small for the percentage to mean anything. Total annual revenue is $665M, putting it among 160 districts at this budget scale or larger.
Reported teacher FTE is 2,824, about 17.8 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 23 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 64th densest) . At this enrollment the ratio is an aggregate across many campuses, so a single-school class-size story is the wrong read - use it to place St. Johns among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.
Instructional salaries take 29% of total expenditure on a $641M budget . Large systems carry central offices, transportation, and facilities lines that dilute the classroom share relative to a small district whose budget is almost entirely payroll - comparing that percentage across the enrollment cliff without this scale note misreads both ends.
Nearest mega-district peers by enrollment (same 50k+ cohort):
| District | Enrollment | Est. avg salary | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso ISD · Texas | 50,031 | $58,700 | $734M |
| Atlanta Public Schools · Georgia | 50,325 | $72,107 | $1.35B |
| Henrico County Public Schools · Virginia | 50,389 | $66,690 | $804M |
| Jefferson Parish · Louisiana | 50,628 | $66,324 | $900M |
| Corona-Norco Unified · California | 50,682 | $129,563 | $1.10B |
Florida prices absorb part of this salary
- Nominal district estimate
- $65,552.695
- Florida price level
- 103.6 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $63,253
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
-4% versus the nominal figure.
Prices in Florida 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 Florida 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. Johns
What the Numbers Say About St. Johns
St. Johns is a large urban school district in Florida, serving 50,151 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $12,776. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $65,553, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1201740 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Florida statewide average of $57,863, teacher pay in St. Johns runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 13.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Florida, it pays more than 84% of them. Florida itself ranks #39 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.
On the budget side, St. Johns reports $640.7M in total expenditure against $665.4M 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 $114.1M, special-education teacher pay is $65.2M.
How does St. Johns compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Florida average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
St. Johns pays +1.4% more than Miami-dade · per-pupil $12,776 vs $14,460
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 Florida districts
On pay, St. Johns sits closest to Pinellas; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Polk. 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.
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
Out-of-state districts near St. Johns's pay band
Two out-of-state peer sets for St. Johns: closest on enrollment (50,151 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($65,553 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 St. Johns: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 100% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 0% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.
Florida Teacher Pay Overview
The highest average among comparably sized Florida districts belongs to Monroe at $75,623. St. Johns sits in the upper quarter of that field at 11 of 67, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Because Florida prices run above the national average, this salary is worth less than the same number elsewhere; Alaska and Connecticut are the states it can be compared with directly on BEA's price parity.
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The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this Florida sample (including St. Johns). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.
This is a sample of 6 from 66 Florida districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.
Frequently Asked Questions about St. Johns
What is the average teacher salary in St. Johns?
The average teacher salary in St. Johns is $65,553 (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. Johns teacher pay compare to the Florida average?
St. Johns pays 13.3% more than the Florida state average of $57,863. The district's average is $65,553.
How does St. Johns teacher pay compare to the national average?
St. Johns pays 6.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $65,553.
What is the per-pupil spending in St. Johns?
St. Johns spends approximately $12,776 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of St. Johns's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 29% of St. Johns's total expenditure of $640.7M (NCES FY2023).
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