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School district · Minnesota · LEAID 2742330

Wheaton Area Public School District

Wheaton Area Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (366 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Wheaton Area Public School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$66,549
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$20,393
Per-pupil spending
366
Students enrolled
50th
Pct. in MN
$66,549

Wheaton Area Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (366 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $66,549, below the national average of $70,245, serving 366 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Wheaton Area Public School District is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Minnesota districts (366 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 50th percentile for Minnesota
  • 52nd percentile nationally
  • 34% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Minnesota ranks #22 of 49 on the salary estimate and #21 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Wheaton Area Public School District ranks #156 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #87 of 310 by per-pupil spending. Bloomington Public School District pay #1 at $101,366 is not Red Rock Central School District spending #1 at $46,321 per pupil
  • +18.9% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Minnesota median

Among 354 Minnesota districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Wheaton Area Public School District's instructional payroll puts 10.1% into special education , 5.2 points below the state median of 15.3%. Special-education salary is a thinner slice of instructional pay here than at the median Minnesota district, not a judgment of need, only of how F-33 codes the payroll.

Program Wheaton Area MN median Gap
Regular program 84.5% 79.6% +4.9 pp
Special education 10.1% 15.3% -5.2 pp
Vocational programs 5.1% 3.4% +1.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 354 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2742330 · FY2023.

LEAID 2742330 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Wheaton Area F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-MID P50 in state RANK-NAT-MID P52 national PPE-MID $20K/pupil ENR-TINY 366 students INSTR-LOW 34% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Pelican FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $66,549 estimated average teacher salary · P50 in Minnesota · P52 nationally · 34% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Forest (+$907est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Wheaton Area

Salary neighbourhood · Wheaton Area

Wheaton Area 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 Wheaton Area

Wheaton Area Public School District's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$66,549 Top 48% higher than 52% 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. This 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

Wheaton Area in Minnesota's lower-third pay band

Same 310 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Wheaton Area Public School District ranks #156 of 310 Minnesota districts by estimated teacher salary and #87 of 310 by per-pupil spending. Bloomington Public School District pay #1 at $101,366 is not Red Rock Central School District spending #1 at $46,321 per pupil

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

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Wheaton Area Public School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Red Rock Central School District leads spending at $46,321 per pupil; Bloomington Public School District leads pay.

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

What stands out about Wheaton Area Public School District

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +18.9% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Minnesota's statewide +14.0% by 4.9 points, a growth rate faster than 71% of the 326 Minnesota districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment fell from 392 to 366 students (6.6% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.
  • It is a very small district (366 students), where the enrollment-based salary estimate is more sensitive to staffing mix.

Minnesota sits close to national prices

Nominal district estimate
$66,548.673

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Minnesota price level
98.3 / 100

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

National-price equivalent
$67,698

+2% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Minnesota sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.

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 Minnesota 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 Wheaton Area Public School District

What the Numbers Say About Wheaton Area Public School District

Wheaton Area Public School District is a small school district in Minnesota, serving 366 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $20,393. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $66,549, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2742330 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Minnesota statewide average of $68,032, teacher pay in Wheaton Area Public School District runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 2.2% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (5.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Minnesota, it pays more than 50% of them. Minnesota itself ranks #22 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Wheaton Area Public School District reports $7.5M in total expenditure against $7.2M 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 $1.6M, special-education teacher pay is $0.2M.

How does Wheaton Area Public School District compare?

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

Wheaton Area Public School District $66,549
Anoka-Hennepin School District $83,820
Minnesota avg $68,032
National avg $70,245

Wheaton Area Public School District pays -20.6% less than Anoka-Hennepin School District · per-pupil $20,393 vs $17,610

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 Minnesota districts

On pay, Wheaton Area Public School District sits closest to Pelican Rapids Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Benson Public 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. Pelican Rapids Public Schools
  2. Parkers Prairie Public School Dist.
  3. Paynesville Public School District
  4. Minneota Public School District
  5. Lac qui Parle Valley Schools
  6. GFW Public Schools
  7. Mountain Lake Public Schools
  8. Dover-eyota Public School District
  9. Bagley Public School District
  10. St. Charles Public School District
  11. Holdingford Public School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Benson Public School District
  2. Badger Public School District
  3. Cannon Falls Public School District
  4. Goodridge Public School District
  5. Hill City Public School District
  6. Lake of the Woods School District
  7. GFW Public Schools
  8. Walker-hackensack-akeley Schl. Dist
  9. Nicollet Public School District
  10. East Central School District
  11. Warren-alvarado-oslo School Dist.

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Wheaton Area Public School District's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Wheaton Area Public School District: closest on enrollment (366 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($66,549 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

$7.2M
Total Revenue
$7.5M
Total Expenditure
$2.5M
Instruction Salaries
34% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$1.6M
Regular Program
$0.2M
Special Education
$0.1M
Vocational
$0.0M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Wheaton Area Public School District: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 75% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 25% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Minnesota Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Minnesota districts belongs to Bloomington Public School District at $101,366. Wheaton Area Public School District places 138 of 251 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Minnesota sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Maine and Nevada are its nearest price peers.

View all Minnesota districts →

Other Minnesota Districts

Smaller-district sample from 315 Minnesota peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Lanesboro Public School District
$80,763
434 students
Edgerton Public School District
$74,319
434 students
Heron Lake-okabena School District
$73,458
294 students
Cedar Mountain School District
$58,018
439 students
Region 6 and 8-SW/WC Service Coop
$73,994
288 students
Stephen-argyle Central Schools
$81,544
287 students

This is a sample of 6 from 315 Minnesota districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Wheaton Area Public School District
What is the average teacher salary in Wheaton Area Public School District?

The average teacher salary in Wheaton Area Public School District is $66,549 (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 Wheaton Area Public School District teacher pay compare to the Minnesota average?

Wheaton Area Public School District pays 2.2% less than the Minnesota state average of $68,032. The district's average is $66,549.

How does Wheaton Area Public School District teacher pay compare to the national average?

Wheaton Area Public School District pays 5.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $66,549.

What is the per-pupil spending in Wheaton Area Public School District?

Wheaton Area Public School District spends approximately $20,393 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Wheaton Area Public School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 34% of Wheaton Area Public School District's total expenditure of $7.5M (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. Wheaton Area Public 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.