ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 2,014 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,082. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $101,939, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2700008 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs meaningfully above the state benchmark — a 7.4% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (23.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 89% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, ST. LOUIS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $42.5M in total expenditure against $43.6M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 32% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $8.4M, special-education teacher pay is $1.6M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.