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Wheatland J1 School District

Wheatland J1 School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wisconsin districts (612 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Wheatland J1 School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$82,621
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$14,985
Per-pupil spending
612
Students enrolled
94th
Pct. in WI
$82,621

Wheatland J1 School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wisconsin districts (612 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $82,621, above the national average of $70,245, serving 612 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Wheatland J1 School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Wisconsin districts (612 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 94th percentile for Wisconsin
  • 77th percentile nationally
  • 36% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Wisconsin ranks #19 of 49 on the salary estimate and #20 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Wheatland J1 School District ranks #26 of 403 Wisconsin districts by estimated teacher salary and #364 of 403 by per-pupil spending. Gibraltar Area School District pay #1 at $100,669 is not Nicolet Union High School School District spending #1 at $43,137 per pupil
  • +12.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Wisconsin median

Among 421 Wisconsin districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Wheatland J1 School District's instructional payroll puts 77.3% into regular program , 6.6 points above the state median of 70.7%. Regular-program teachers claim more of the instructional salary pool here than at the median Wisconsin district.

Program Wheatland J1 WI median Gap
Regular program 77.3% 70.7% +6.6 pp
Special education 21.2% 19.8% +1.4 pp
Vocational programs 0.0% 5.2% -5.2 pp
Other programs 1.5% 3.9% -2.4 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 421 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 5516560 · FY2023.

LEAID 5516560 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Wheatland J1 F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +17% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P94 in state RANK-NAT-MID P77 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-SMALL 612 students INSTR-MID 36% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Cudahy FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $82,621 estimated average teacher salary · P94 in Wisconsin · P77 nationally · 36% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Manitowoc ($129est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Wheatland J1

Salary neighbourhood · Wheatland J1

Wheatland J1 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
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Wheatland J1

Wheatland J1 School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$82,621 Top 23% higher than 77% 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. Wheatland J1 School District $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

Wheatland J1 in Wisconsin's upper-third pay band

Same 403 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Wheatland J1 School District ranks #26 of 403 Wisconsin districts by estimated teacher salary and #364 of 403 by per-pupil spending. Gibraltar Area School District pay #1 at $100,669 is not Nicolet Union High School School District spending #1 at $43,137 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Wheatland J1 School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Nicolet Union High School School District leads spending at $43,137 per pupil; Gibraltar Area School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about Wheatland J1 School District

  • Enrolment grew 12.9% here, from 542 students in FY2019 to 612 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
$82,620.724

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Wisconsin price level
93.2 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$88,630

+7% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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 Wheatland J1 School District

What the Numbers Say About Wheatland J1 School District

Wheatland J1 School District is a small school district in Wisconsin, serving 612 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,985. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $82,621, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5516560 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Wisconsin statewide average of $70,465, teacher pay in Wheatland J1 School District runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 17.3% gap, and above the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (17.6% differential). Among enrolling districts in Wisconsin, it pays more than 94% of them. Wisconsin itself ranks #19 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Wheatland J1 School District reports $9.2M in total expenditure against $10.6M 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 $2.5M, special-education teacher pay is $0.7M.

How does Wheatland J1 School District compare?

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

Wheatland J1 School District $82,621
Milwaukee School District $80,043
Wisconsin avg $70,465
National avg $70,245

Wheatland J1 School District pays +3.2% more than Milwaukee School District · per-pupil $14,985 vs $22,253

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 Wisconsin districts

On pay, Wheatland J1 School District sits closest to Cudahy School District; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Mount Horeb Area School District. 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. Cudahy School District
  2. Hartford UHS School District
  3. Iowa-Grant School District
  4. Bayfield School District
  5. Fox Point J2 School District
  6. Rhinelander School District
  7. Shorewood School District
  8. Lake Country School District
  9. Union Grove UHS School District
  10. Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District
  11. Swallow School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Mount Horeb Area School District
  2. Richmond School District
  3. Brillion School District
  4. Bloomer School District
  5. Beloit Turner School District
  6. Two Rivers Public School District
  7. Kewaskum School District
  8. Lake Country School District
  9. Campbellsport School District
  10. Whitnall School District
  11. Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Wheatland J1 School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Wheatland J1 School District: closest on enrollment (612 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($82,621 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

$10.6M
Total Revenue
$9.2M
Total Expenditure
$3.3M
Instruction Salaries
36% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$2.5M
Regular Program
$0.7M
Special Education
$0.1M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 3 programs in Wheatland J1 School District: the regular program, special education and other programs. It reports no separate figure for vocational programs. 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.

Wisconsin Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Wisconsin districts belongs to Gibraltar Area School District at $100,669. Wheatland J1 School District sits in the upper quarter of that field at 22 of 304, nearer the ceiling than the floor. South Carolina and Idaho are the states closest to Wisconsin on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

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Other Wisconsin Districts

Smaller-district sample from 402 Wisconsin peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Washburn School District
$66,292
599 students
Randall J1 School District
$63,132
625 students
Cashton School District
$62,834
625 students
Sevastopol School District
$79,676
597 students
Montello School District
$69,526
593 students
Blair-Taylor School District
$67,423
632 students

This is a sample of 6 from 402 Wisconsin districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Wheatland J1 School District
What is the average teacher salary in Wheatland J1 School District?

The average teacher salary in Wheatland J1 School District is $82,621 (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 Wheatland J1 School District teacher pay compare to the Wisconsin average?

Wheatland J1 School District pays 17.3% more than the Wisconsin state average of $70,465. The district's average is $82,621.

How does Wheatland J1 School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Wheatland J1 School District pays 17.6% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $82,621.

What is the per-pupil spending in Wheatland J1 School District?

Wheatland J1 School District spends approximately $14,985 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Wheatland J1 School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 36% of Wheatland J1 School District's total expenditure of $9.2M (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. Wheatland J1 School District'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.