STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS

What the Numbers Say About STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS

STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 298 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,268. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $95,034, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2700127 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.1% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (15.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 75% 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, STEPHEN-ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS reports $6.3M in total expenditure against $6.5M 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 $1.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M. 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.