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School district · North Dakota · LEAID 3817570

Stanley 2

Stanley 2 sits in the highest third of North Dakota districts on estimated teacher pay at $87,778 (above 85% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Stanley 2 come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$87,778
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$17,216
Per-pupil spending
755
Students enrolled
85th
Pct. in ND
$87,778

Stanley 2 sits in the highest third of North Dakota districts on estimated teacher pay at $87,778 (above 85% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $87,778, above the national average of $70,245, serving 755 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Stanley 2 sits in the highest third of North Dakota districts on estimated teacher pay at $87,778 (above 85% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 85th percentile for North Dakota
  • 83rd percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • North Dakota ranks #23 of 49 on the salary estimate and #46 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Stanley 2 ranks #15 of 101 North Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #67 of 101 by per-pupil spending. Minot 1 pay #1 at $99,669 is not Parshall 3 spending #1 at $38,745 per pupil
  • +0.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs North Dakota median

Among 162 North Dakota districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Stanley 2's instructional payroll puts 18.4% into special education , 10.6 points above the state median of 7.8%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical North Dakota peer.

Program Stanley 2 ND median Gap
Regular program 65.2% 68.6% -3.4 pp
Special education 18.4% 7.8% +10.6 pp
Vocational programs 7.3% 3.8% +3.5 pp
Other programs 9.2% 16.1% -6.9 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 162 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3817570 · FY2023.

LEAID 3817570 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Stanley 2 F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +29% vs state RANK-ST-MID P85 in state RANK-NAT-MID P83 national PPE-MID $17K/pupil ENR-SMALL 755 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Minnewaukan FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $87,778 estimated average teacher salary · P85 in North Dakota · P83 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Valley (+$1,166est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Stanley 2

Salary neighbourhood · Stanley 2

Stanley 2 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).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Stanley 2

Stanley 2's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$87,778 Top 17% higher than 83% 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%). Below this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Stanley 2 $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

Stanley 2 in North Dakota's upper-third pay band

Same 101 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Stanley 2 ranks #15 of 101 North Dakota districts by estimated teacher salary and #67 of 101 by per-pupil spending. Minot 1 pay #1 at $99,669 is not Parshall 3 spending #1 at $38,745 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Stanley 2 is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Parshall 3 leads spending at $38,745 per pupil; Minot 1 leads pay.

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

What stands out about Stanley 2

  • Estimated teacher pay here moved +0.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, trailing North Dakota's statewide +11.9% by 11.6 points, a growth rate faster than 16% of the 130 North Dakota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 5.4% here, from 716 students in FY2019 to 755 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
$87,778.219

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

North Dakota price level
88.2 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$99,551

+13% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in North Dakota 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 North Dakota 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 Stanley 2

What the Numbers Say About Stanley 2

Stanley 2 is a small school district in North Dakota, serving 755 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,216. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $87,778, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3817570 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the North Dakota statewide average of $68,009, teacher pay in Stanley 2 runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 29.1% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (25.0% differential). Among enrolling districts in North Dakota, it pays more than 85% of them. North Dakota itself ranks #23 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Stanley 2 reports $13.0M in total expenditure against $13.7M 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 $2.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.8M.

How does Stanley 2 compare?

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

Stanley 2 $87,778
Bismarck 1 $92,454
North Dakota avg $68,009
National avg $70,245

Stanley 2 pays -5.1% less than Bismarck 1 · per-pupil $17,216 vs $17,792

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 North Dakota districts

On pay, Stanley 2 sits closest to Minnewaukan 5; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is New Rockford-sheyenne 2. 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. Minnewaukan 5
  2. Valley City 2
  3. Eight Mile 6
  4. New England 9
  5. Mckenzie Co 1
  6. Belcourt 7
  7. Ft Totten 30
  8. Napoleon 2
  9. Tioga 15
  10. Wishek 19
  11. New Town 1
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. New Rockford-sheyenne 2
  2. Northwood 129
  3. Richland 44
  4. Napoleon 2
  5. Garrison 51
  6. Lisbon 19
  7. May-port Cg 14
  8. Grafton 18
  9. Edgeley 3
  10. Flasher 39
  11. Bowman Co 1

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Stanley 2's pay band

Two out-of-state peer sets for Stanley 2: closest on enrollment (755 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($87,778 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

$13.7M
Total Revenue
$13.0M
Total Expenditure
$4.4M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$2.9M
Regular Program
$0.8M
Special Education
$0.3M
Vocational
$0.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Stanley 2: 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.

North Dakota Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized North Dakota districts belongs to Minot 1 at $99,669. Stanley 2 places 10 of 35 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. South Dakota and Oklahoma are the states closest to North Dakota 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 North Dakota districts →

Other North Dakota Districts

The bar behind each salary shows its magnitude within this North Dakota sample (including Stanley 2). Hover or focus a value for the exact comparison.

Valley City 2
$88,944
1,033 students
Central Cass 17
$60,108
1,035 students
St John 3
$71,223
447 students
Velva 1
$69,800
440 students
Nesson 2
$99,286
427 students
Surrey 41
$54,785
423 students

This is a sample of 6 from 100 North Dakota districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Stanley 2
What is the average teacher salary in Stanley 2?

The average teacher salary in Stanley 2 is $87,778 (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 Stanley 2 teacher pay compare to the North Dakota average?

Stanley 2 pays 29.1% more than the North Dakota state average of $68,009. The district's average is $87,778.

How does Stanley 2 teacher pay compare to the national average?

Stanley 2 pays 25.0% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $87,778.

What is the per-pupil spending in Stanley 2?

Stanley 2 spends approximately $17,216 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Stanley 2's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Stanley 2's total expenditure of $13.0M (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. Stanley 2'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.