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Wakefield Public Schools

Wakefield Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (567 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Wakefield Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$61,493
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$17,268
Per-pupil spending
567
Students enrolled
42nd
Pct. in NE
$61,493

Wakefield Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (567 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $61,493, below the national average of $70,245, serving 567 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Wakefield Public Schools is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Nebraska districts (567 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 42nd percentile for Nebraska
  • 40th percentile nationally
  • 36% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Nebraska ranks #31 of 49 on the salary estimate and #35 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Wakefield Public Schools ranks #117 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #137 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil
  • +19.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Nebraska median

Among 246 Nebraska districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Wakefield Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 22.0% into other programs , 14.7 points above the state median of 7.4%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Wakefield Public NE median Gap
Regular program 68.7% 80.7% -12.1 pp
Special education 9.3% 11.8% -2.5 pp
Other programs 22.0% 7.4% +14.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 246 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3178240 · FY2023.

LEAID 3178240 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Wakefield Public F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P42 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P40 national PPE-MID $17K/pupil ENR-SMALL 567 students INSTR-MID 36% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Northwest FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $61,493 estimated average teacher salary · P42 in Nebraska · P40 nationally · 36% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Northwest (+$32est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Wakefield Public

Salary neighbourhood · Wakefield Public

Wakefield Public 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 Wakefield Public

Wakefield Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$61,493 40th percentile higher than 40% 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. Wakefield Public Schools $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

Wakefield Public in Nebraska's lower-third pay band

Same 200 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Wakefield Public Schools ranks #117 of 200 Nebraska districts by estimated teacher salary and #137 of 200 by per-pupil spending. Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs pay #1 at $90,446 is not Laurel-concord-coleridge School spending #1 at $62,234 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Wakefield Public Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Laurel-concord-coleridge School leads spending at $62,234 per pupil; Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs leads pay.

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

What stands out about Wakefield Public Schools

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +19.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Nebraska's statewide +9.1% by 9.9 points, a growth rate faster than 84% of the 221 Nebraska districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 5.0% here, from 540 students in FY2019 to 567 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
$61,493.252

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Nebraska price level
90.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$68,108

+11% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Wakefield Public Schools

What the Numbers Say About Wakefield Public Schools

Wakefield Public Schools is a small school district in Nebraska, serving 567 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $17,268. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $61,493, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3178240 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Nebraska statewide average of $63,159, teacher pay in Wakefield Public Schools runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.6% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (12.5% differential). Among enrolling districts in Nebraska, it pays more than 42% of them. Nebraska itself ranks #31 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Wakefield Public Schools reports $9.8M in total expenditure against $10.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 36% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $1.9M, special-education teacher pay is $0.3M.

How does Wakefield Public Schools compare?

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

Wakefield Public Schools $61,493
Omaha Public Schools $74,787
Nebraska avg $63,159
National avg $70,245

Wakefield Public Schools pays -17.8% less than Omaha Public Schools · per-pupil $17,268 vs $18,493

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 Nebraska districts

On pay, Wakefield Public Schools sits closest to Northwest Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Wilber-clatonia Public Schools. 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. Northwest Public Schools
  2. Heartland Community Schools
  3. Broken Bow Public Schools
  4. Battle Creek Public Schools
  5. Johnson Co Central Public Schs
  6. Walthill Public Schools
  7. Crofton Community Schools
  8. Ponca Public Schools
  9. Fairbury Public Schools
  10. Harvard Public Schools
  11. Wausa Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Wilber-clatonia Public Schools
  2. Fairbury Public Schools
  3. Axtell Community Schools
  4. Sterling Public Schools
  5. Loomis Public Schools
  6. Sutton Public Schools
  7. Raymond Central Public Schools
  8. Cedar Bluffs Public Schools
  9. Ogallala Public Schools
  10. Pleasanton Public Schools
  11. Aurora Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Wakefield Public Schools's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Wakefield Public Schools: closest on enrollment (567 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($61,493 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

$10.2M
Total Revenue
$9.8M
Total Expenditure
$3.5M
Instruction Salaries
36% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.9M
Regular Program
$0.3M
Special Education
$0.6M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Wakefield Public Schools: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. Together they are 81% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 19% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Nebraska Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Nebraska districts belongs to Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schs at $90,446. Placed 71 of 90, Wakefield Public Schools is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. Kansas and Kentucky are the states closest to Nebraska 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 Nebraska districts →

Other Nebraska Districts

Smaller-district sample from 199 Nebraska peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Fillmore Central Public Schs
$55,235
609 students
Mitchell Public Schools
$64,116
620 students
Valentine Community Schools
$66,190
623 students
Wood River Rural Schools
$64,842
510 students
Wilber-clatonia Public Schools
$56,913
624 students
Chase County Schools
$64,263
625 students

This is a sample of 6 from 199 Nebraska districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Wakefield Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Wakefield Public Schools?

The average teacher salary in Wakefield Public Schools is $61,493 (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 Wakefield Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Nebraska average?

Wakefield Public Schools pays 2.6% less than the Nebraska state average of $63,159. The district's average is $61,493.

How does Wakefield Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Wakefield Public Schools pays 12.5% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $61,493.

What is the per-pupil spending in Wakefield Public Schools?

Wakefield Public Schools spends approximately $17,268 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Wakefield Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 36% of Wakefield Public Schools's total expenditure of $9.8M (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. Wakefield Public Schools'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.