Data received July 2023

Enrollment

3,321

Number of schools

5

Full-time educators

277

Median years in district

11.0

Median salary

$59,750

Top salary

$175,000

Festus School District

Educators by pay range

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Schools

Click on one of the headers below to sort a column. Data shown reflects pay for the 2022-2023 school year, as reported by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Only full-time credentialed educators are included.

School ↑

 FT educatorseducators Enrollment Median salary Top salary Median years
in district		 Median years
in Missouri
Central Office 12 0 $48,607 $175,000 9.0 20.0
Festus Elementary 93 1,041 $56,525 $127,042 11.0 14.0
Festus Intermediate 59 746 $61,750 $114,311 15.0 17.0
Festus Middle 50 552 $61,250 $104,845 7.5 17.0
Festus Senior High 80 982 $63,325 $135,364 10.0 17.0

Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time educators or pay salary, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.