Teacher salary spending per teacher, by Kansas school district
Rock Creek Schools spent $111,971 on teacher salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of any Kansas district with 500 or more students; the median across all 260 Kansas districts with a figure, the smaller ones included, is $57,761. It is not the salary a teacher is paid: it is the teacher salaries a district reported spending, divided by the full-time teachers counted in a different federal file, without benefits, so it can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes; a district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Kansas teacher salary at $54,815 in 2021-22 (U.S. $66,397; NCES Digest table 211.60). It is compared within Kansas only because states book salaries and count teachers differently.
NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff 2022-23 · method
The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.
All 150 districts with 500 or more students, highest teacher salary spending per teacher first
| District | County | Teachers (FTE) | Salary spending per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek Schools | Pottawatomie County | 102 | $111,971 |
| Paola USD 368 | Miami County | 141 | $109,117 |
| West Elk | Elk County | 46 | $85,991 |
| Humboldt USD 258 | Allen County | 44 | $79,273 |
| Arkansas City USD 470 | Cowley County | 182 | $78,278 |
| Abilene Public Schools | Dickinson County | 94 | $75,879 |
| Dodge City Public Schools | Ford County | 343 | $75,399 |
| Marion-Florence USD 408 | Marion County | 42 | $75,165 |
| Hays | Ellis County | 194 | $74,125 |
| Baxter Springs | Cherokee County | 64 | $72,659 |
| Piper Unified School District 203 | Wyandotte County | 181 | $72,064 |
| Eureka USD 389 | Greenwood County | 56 | $71,732 |
| Galena | Cherokee County | 53 | $71,396 |
| Salina Unified School District 305 | Saline County | 545 | $70,176 |
| Lakin | Kearny County | 45 | $69,573 |
The other 135 on the list
| District | County | Teachers (FTE) | Salary spending per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenac Public Schools | Crawford County | 66 | $68,641 |
| De Soto | Johnson County | 504 | $68,600 |
| Leavenworth Unified School District | Leavenworth County | 231 | $68,564 |
| Burlington USD 244 | Coffey County | 72 | $68,490 |
| McPherson | McPherson County | 182 | $68,269 |
| Basehor-Linwood | Leavenworth County | 212 | $68,175 |
| Winfield Unified School District 465 | Cowley County | 202 | $67,864 |
| Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 | Shawnee County | 245 | $67,738 |
| Haysville Public Schools | Sedgwick County | 377 | $67,606 |
| Shawnee Mission Pub Sch | Johnson County | 1,968 | $67,602 |
| Girard USD 248 | Crawford County | 65 | $67,138 |
| Coffeyville Unified School District 445 | Montgomery County | 105 | $67,005 |
| Ottawa USD 290 | Franklin County | 182 | $66,800 |
| Topeka Public Schools | Shawnee County | 1,019 | $66,698 |
| Fort Leavenworth | Leavenworth County | 129 | $66,116 |
| Jefferson West USD 340 | Jefferson County | 55 | $65,706 |
| Eudora Unified School District No. 491 | Douglas County | 108 | $65,492 |
| Ulysses USD 214 | Grant County | 105 | $65,372 |
| Kingman-Norwich USD 331 | Kingman County | 64 | $65,146 |
| Southern Lyon County | Lyon County | 49 | $64,861 |
| Syracuse | Hamilton County | 38 | $64,842 |
| Haven Public Schools | Reno County | 61 | $64,674 |
| Sedgwick Public Schools USD 439 | Harvey County | 37 | $64,541 |
| Labette County Unified School District | Labette County | 112 | $64,486 |
| Pittsburg Unified School District 250 | Crawford County | 207 | $64,457 |
| El Dorado Public Schools | Butler County | 115 | $64,276 |
| Oskaloosa Public Schools USD 341 | Jefferson County | 48 | $63,507 |
| Columbus USD 493 | Cherokee County | 70 | $63,421 |
| Turner USD 202 | Wyandotte County | 286 | $63,384 |
| Chanute Public Schools | Neosho County | 112 | $63,342 |
| Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 | Sumner County | 45 | $63,156 |
| Buhler | Reno County | 134 | $63,102 |
| Smoky Valley Public Schools | McPherson County | 57 | $62,848 |
| Kansas City | Wyandotte County | 1,579 | $62,832 |
| Riverton USD 404 | Cherokee County | 55 | $62,803 |
| Gardner Edgerton School District 231 | Johnson County | 442 | $62,787 |
| Olathe Public Schools | Johnson County | 2,357 | $62,668 |
| South Brown County | Brown County | 47 | $62,634 |
| Kismet-Plains | Seward County | 53 | $62,571 |
| Valley Center USD 262 | Sedgwick County | 226 | $62,559 |
| Blue Valley Unified School District 229 | Johnson County | 1,642 | $62,389 |
| Hesston | Harvey County | 52 | $62,363 |
| Easton USD 449 | Leavenworth County | 51 | $62,290 |
| Lansing USD 469 | Leavenworth County | 177 | $62,158 |
| Southeast Of Saline | Saline County | 52 | $62,115 |
| Iola USD 257 | Allen County | 84 | $62,005 |
| Andover Public Schools | Butler County | 376 | $61,935 |
| Hiawatha | Brown County | 68 | $61,788 |
| Wellington | Sumner County | 126 | $61,562 |
| Chaparral Schools | Harper County | 66 | $61,509 |
| Hugoton Public Schools USD 210 | Stevens County | 71 | $61,491 |
| Wellsville USD 289 | Franklin County | 57 | $61,484 |
| North Ottawa County Schools | Ottawa County | 51 | $61,452 |
| Clay County | Clay County | 113 | $61,404 |
| Cheney USD 268 | Sedgwick County | 58 | $61,379 |
| Lyons USD 405 | Rice County | 79 | $61,282 |
| Osage City | Osage County | 57 | $60,938 |
| Derby Public Schools, USD 260 | Sedgwick County | 513 | $60,735 |
| Bonner Springs | Wyandotte County | 196 | $60,356 |
| Newton Unified School District 373 | Harvey County | 259 | $60,188 |
| Nemaha Central District Office | Nemaha County | 65 | $60,062 |
| Emporia Public Schools | Lyon County | 323 | $59,731 |
| Rose Hill Public Schools | Butler County | 111 | $59,423 |
| Douglass Unified School District | Butler County | 51 | $59,116 |
| Caney Valley USD 436 | Montgomery County | 62 | $58,992 |
| Hillsboro USD 410 | Marion County | 43 | $58,950 |
| Cimarron-Ensign USD 102 | Gray County | 56 | $58,910 |
| Seaman School District USD 345 | Shawnee County | 279 | $58,863 |
| Great Bend Public Schools | Barton County | 228 | $58,819 |
| Riverside | Doniphan County | 50 | $58,593 |
| Circle Public Schools | Butler County | 140 | $58,282 |
| Maize Unified School District 266 | Sedgwick County | 628 | $58,251 |
| Auburn-Washburn USD 437 | Shawnee County | 495 | $58,185 |
| Mulvane School District USD 263 | Sedgwick County | 157 | $58,050 |
| Holcomb | Finney County | 76 | $58,013 |
| USD 273 Beloit Schools | Mitchell County | 88 | $57,979 |
| Perry Public Schools | Jefferson County | 54 | $57,918 |
| Fort Scott | Bourbon County | 160 | $57,830 |
| Pratt | Pratt County | 88 | $57,542 |
| Hoisington | Barton County | 59 | $57,526 |
| Fort Larned USD 495 | Pawnee County | 81 | $57,522 |
| Jayhawk USD 346 | Linn County | 50 | $57,371 |
| Liberal | Seward County | 337 | $57,323 |
| Parsons District Schools | Labette County | 104 | $57,087 |
| Augusta USD 402 | Butler County | 138 | $56,853 |
| Independence | Montgomery County | 144 | $56,819 |
| Clearwater USD 264 | Sedgwick County | 75 | $56,799 |
| West Franklin | Franklin County | 52 | $56,699 |
| Lawrence Public Schools | Douglas County | 769 | $56,383 |
| Chapman Unified School District 473 | Dickinson County | 84 | $56,381 |
| Riley County USD 378 | Riley County | 54 | $56,280 |
| Republic County USD 109 | Republic County | 41 | $55,902 |
| Ellsworth | Ellsworth County | 50 | $55,900 |
| Santa Fe Trail Schools | Osage County | 75 | $55,785 |
| Phillipsburg USD 325 | Phillips County | 48 | $55,714 |
| Manhattan-Ogden Unified School District 383 | Riley County | 579 | $55,707 |
| Centre | Marion County | 27 | $55,431 |
| Royal Valley USD 337 | Jackson County | 76 | $55,342 |
| Garden City Public Schools | Finney County | 576 | $55,263 |
| Halstead | Harvey County | 63 | $55,230 |
| Goddard | Sedgwick County | 533 | $55,221 |
| Bluestem USD 205 | Butler County | 45 | $55,220 |
| Colby Public Schools | Thomas County | 68 | $55,194 |
| Goodland Unified School District | Sherman County | 65 | $55,092 |
| Hutchinson Public Schools | Reno County | 392 | $54,862 |
| Concordia Public Schools USD 333 | Cloud County | 103 | $54,616 |
| Wamego | Pottawatomie County | 146 | $54,567 |
| Nickerson | Reno County | 86 | $54,408 |
| Kaw Valley Unified School District 321 | Pottawatomie County | 112 | $54,406 |
| Prairie View USD 362 | Linn County | 88 | $54,383 |
| Osawatomie | Miami County | 92 | $53,593 |
| Louisburg USD 416 | Miami County | 115 | $53,307 |
| Neodesha | Wilson County | 63 | $53,011 |
| Oswego | Labette County | 42 | $52,861 |
| Garnett USD 365 | Anderson County | 83 | $52,632 |
| USD 466 Scott County Schools | Scott County | 79 | $52,589 |
| Baldwin City | Douglas County | 87 | $51,715 |
| Cherryvale USD 447 | Montgomery County | 77 | $51,704 |
| Vermillion USD 380 | Marshall County | 48 | $51,677 |
| Russell USD 407 | Russell County | 72 | $51,494 |
| Twin Valley USD 240 | Ottawa County | 54 | $51,019 |
| Marysville | Marshall County | 73 | $50,302 |
| Geary County Unified School District 475 | Geary County | 654 | $50,231 |
| Morris County | Morris County | 73 | $50,123 |
| Spring Hill | Johnson County | 337 | $50,107 |
| Atchison Public Schools | Atchison County | 151 | $49,834 |
| Central Heights USD | Franklin County | 44 | $49,817 |
| Renwick USD 267 | Sedgwick County | 147 | $49,125 |
| Wichita Public Schools | Sedgwick County | 4,463 | $48,876 |
| Prairie Hills | Nemaha County | 94 | $47,660 |
| Tonganoxie | Leavenworth County | 158 | $46,875 |
| Silver Lake USD 372 | Shawnee County | 66 | $46,687 |
| Atchison Co Comm Schools | Atchison County | 53 | $43,916 |
| Norton Community Schools 211 | Norton County | 61 | $43,573 |
| Fredonia School District | Wilson County | 65 | $42,183 |
Source: NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff 2022-23: teachers (full-time equivalent). Districts with 500 or more students (V33).
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Sources
Source: NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (National Education Association, Estimates of School Statistics) Estimated average annual salary of teachers, by state · 2021-22
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District teacher salaries (Z35-Z38) and membership · FY 2022-23