Teacher salary spending per teacher, by Rhode Island school district

Narragansett spent $108,019 on teacher salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of any Rhode Island district with 500 or more students; the median across all 58 Rhode Island districts with a figure, the smaller ones included, is $84,165. 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 Rhode Island teacher salary at $76,852 in 2021-22 (U.S. $66,397; NCES Digest table 211.60). It is compared within Rhode Island 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

Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Rhode Island, fiscal year 2022-23Narragansett $108,019; Warwick $106,562; Lincoln $105,340; South Kingstown $100,515; Barrington $99,238; Scituate $93,541; Providence $93,021; West Warwick $92,850; Bristol Warren $92,846; Coventry $92,733; State median $84,165.050k100k150kNarragansett$108,019Warwick$106,562Lincoln$105,340South Kingstown$100,515Barrington$99,238Scituate$93,541Providence$93,021West Warwick$92,850Bristol Warren$92,846Coventry$92,733State median $84,165
Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Rhode Island, fiscal year 2022-23Narragansett $108,019; Warwick $106,562; Lincoln $105,340; South Kingstown $100,515; Barrington $99,238; Scituate $93,541; Providence $93,021; West Warwick $92,850; Bristol Warren $92,846; Coventry $92,733; State median $84,165.050k100k150kNarragansett$108,019Warwick$106,562Lincoln$105,340South Kingstown$100,515Barrington$99,238Scituate$93,541Providence$93,021West Warwick$92,850Bristol Warren$92,846Coventry$92,733State median $84,165
Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Rhode Island, fiscal year 2022-23Narragansett $108,019; Warwick $106,562; Lincoln $105,340; South Kingstown $100,515; Barrington $99,238; Scituate $93,541; Providence $93,021; West Warwick $92,850; Bristol Warren $92,846; Coventry $92,733; State median $84,165.050k100k150kNarragansett$108,019Warwick$106,562Lincoln$105,340South Kingstown$100,515Barrington$99,238Scituate$93,541Providence$93,021West Warwick$92,850Bristol Warren$92,846Coventry$92,733State median $84,165
Teacher salary spending per full-time teacher, Rhode Island, fiscal year 2022-23Narragansett $108,019; Warwick $106,562; Lincoln $105,340; South Kingstown $100,515; Barrington $99,238; Scituate $93,541; Providence $93,021; West Warwick $92,850; Bristol Warren $92,846; Coventry $92,733; State median $84,165.050k100k150kNarragansett$108,019Warwick$106,562Lincoln$105,340South Kingstown$100,515Barrington$99,238Scituate$93,541Providence$93,021West Warwick$92,850Bristol Warren$92,846Coventry$92,733State median $84,165

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

All 39 districts with 500 or more students, highest teacher salary spending per teacher first

DistrictCountyTeachers (FTE)Salary spending per teacher
NarragansettWashington County94$108,019
WarwickKent County648$106,562
LincolnProvidence County214$105,340
South KingstownWashington County210$100,515
BarringtonBristol County238$99,238
ScituateProvidence County99$93,541
ProvidenceProvidence County1,511$93,021
West WarwickKent County275$92,850
Bristol WarrenBristol County213$92,846
CoventryKent County360$92,733
WesterlyWashington County213$92,184
Davies Career and TechProvidence County70$91,974
CranstonProvidence County797$91,901
Central FallsProvidence County194$91,834
MiddletownNewport County156$90,426
The other 24 on the list
DistrictCountyTeachers (FTE)Salary spending per teacher
North KingstownWashington County308$90,327
NewportNewport County200$87,045
WoonsocketProvidence County422$87,038
Foster-GlocesterProvidence County109$86,988
CumberlandProvidence County338$86,877
East GreenwichKent County194$86,351
East ProvidenceProvidence County407$86,260
Learning CommunityProvidence County39$86,205
CharihoWashington County257$86,172
GlocesterProvidence County46$85,795
North SmithfieldProvidence County127$85,634
North ProvidenceProvidence County273$85,485
Exeter-West GreenwichKent County129$84,219
PawtucketProvidence County604$84,111
MET Career and TechProvidence County60$83,783
SmithfieldProvidence County192$83,115
PortsmouthNewport County184$82,167
BurrillvilleProvidence County163$82,166
TivertonNewport County142$82,105
JohnstonProvidence County270$78,530
Paul Cuffee Charter SchoolProvidence County71$77,648
HighlanderProvidence County60$62,383
Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral AcademyProvidence County199$58,136
Achievement First Rhode IslandProvidence County178$55,320

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

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