Teacher salary spending per teacher, by North Carolina school district
Raleigh Charter High School spent $65,378 on teacher salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of any North Carolina district with 500 or more students; the median across all 293 North Carolina districts with a figure, the smaller ones included, is $49,503. 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 North Carolina teacher salary at $53,644 in 2021-22 (U.S. $66,397; NCES Digest table 211.60). It is compared within North Carolina 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 215 districts with 500 or more students, highest teacher salary spending per teacher first
| District | County | Teachers (FTE) | Salary spending per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Charter High School | Wake County | 42 | $65,378 |
| Franklin Academy | Wake County | 113 | $65,306 |
| Sterling Montessori Academy | Wake County | 33 | $63,670 |
| Mountain Island Charter | Gaston County | 100 | $61,296 |
| Research Triangle High School | Durham County | 39 | $60,623 |
| Endeavor Charter School | Wake County | 53 | $59,478 |
| Pine Lake Preparatory | Iredell County | 112 | $58,208 |
| Casa Esperanza Montessori | Wake County | 36 | $58,028 |
| Central Park School For Children | Durham County | 43 | $57,687 |
| Durham Charter School | Durham County | 50 | $56,972 |
| Mallard Creek STEM Academy | Mecklenburg County | 61 | $56,358 |
| Cornerstone Charter Academy | Guilford County | 79 | $55,828 |
| Falls Lake Academy | Granville County | 87 | $55,570 |
| Envision Science Academy | Wake County | 53 | $55,526 |
| Southern Wake Academy | Wake County | 50 | $54,613 |
The other 200 on the list
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