WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SCHL. DIST

What the Numbers Say About WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SCHL. DIST

WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SCHL. DIST is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 756 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $19,299. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $98,671, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2702910 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $94,946, teacher pay in WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SCHL. DIST runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 3.9% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (19.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 84% 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, WALKER-HACKENSACK-AKELEY SCHL. DIST reports $14.6M in total expenditure against $16.8M 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 $2.6M, special-education teacher pay is $0.8M. 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.