Data received February 2025

Enrollment

9,969

Number of schools

24

Full-time educators

1,192

Median years in district

7.0

Median salary

$54,310

Top salary

$253,985

St. Joseph 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 2024-2025 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
Benton High 74 682 $55,070 $112,681 7.0 10.5
Bode Middle 62 487 $55,498 $105,184 8.5 12.5
Carden Park Elementary 81 635 $53,430 $121,870 8.0 10.0
Central High 157 1,735 $56,550 $129,526 8.0 11.0
Central Office 71 0 $75,790 $253,985 12.0 18.0
Coleman Elementary 42 387 $52,198 $97,070 4.5 8.5
Edison Elementary 49 363 $49,703 $103,584 4.0 8.0
Ellison Elementary 32 342 $55,787 $110,097 8.0 9.5
Field Elementary 32 335 $51,490 $103,584 7.5 9.5
Hillyard Technical Center 46 0 $61,088 $123,400 7.5 12.0
Hosea Elementary 51 422 $49,390 $104,886 6.0 8.0
Hyde Elementary 34 352 $53,050 $111,399 8.5 11.5
Lafayette High 81 644 $58,830 $117,276 8.0 14.0
Lake Early Learning Center 46 0 $42,750 $100,978 6.0 6.5
Lindbergh Elementary 53 429 $49,990 $102,281 7.0 10.0
Mark Twain Early Learning Center 70 0 $32,952 $98,372 4.0 5.0
Oak Grove Elementary 50 502 $55,657 $117,913 8.0 10.0
Parkway Elementary 44 435 $49,990 $97,070 5.0 7.0
Pershing Elementary 31 285 $51,950 $119,216 5.0 9.0
Pickett Elementary 33 242 $49,990 $125,730 6.0 7.0
Robidoux Middle 48 405 $55,430 $102,350 5.0 8.0
Skaith Elementary 41 398 $51,593 $104,886 9.0 10.0
Spring Garden Middle 45 404 $58,070 $105,184 9.0 12.0
Truman Middle 58 485 $54,310 $112,269 7.0 10.0

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