Percentage of public school districts that had salary schedules for teachers and among those that had salary schedules, the average yearly teacher base salary, by various levels of degrees and experience and selected public school district characteristics: 2011

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Average and median lowest and highest yearly base salaries paid to full-time teachers among all districts, by selected public school district characteristics: 2011–12


Selected public school district characteristic	Average base salary of the lowest paid teacher in the district	Median base salary of the lowest paid teacher in the district	Average base salary of the highest paid teacher in the district	Median base salary of the highest paid teacher in the district
All public school districts	$35,800	$34,300	$62,700	$60,400

District size
1 school	35,100	33,200	53,900	50,000
2-3 schools	35,100	33,200	62,100	59,000
4-5 schools	35,900	34,500	68,000	65,000
6-9 schools	37,100	36,100	70,900	67,900
10-19 schools	37,500	36,000	72,200	69,000
20 or more schools	37,900	37,200	73,200	71,800

Community type
City	36,700	35,000	59,000	55,000
Suburban	40,500	39,900	78,600	78,200
Town	35,400	34,000	62,300	62,600
Rural	33,800	32,600	57,600	56,900

District K-12 enrollment
Less than 250	34,000	32,000	50,000	47,400
250-999	35,100	33,400	58,600	56,800
1,000-1,999	36,100	34,700	67,900	65,300
2,000-4,999	37,200	36,100	71,600	68,900
5,000-9,999	38,600	37,200	76,600	73,300
10,000 or more	38,500	38,000	75,600	74,200

Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	37,800	36,500	72,200	69,800
35-49	35,100	33,700	63,400	62,900
50-74	34,500	33,400	60,100	58,500
75 or more	35,300	33,500	56,100	53,300
District did not participate in free or reduced- price lunch program	37,100	35,100	54,900	51,800

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2011–12.

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