Data received February 2025

Enrollment

2,327

Number of schools

6

Full-time educators

287

Median years in district

6.0

Median salary

$46,825

Top salary

$155,000

De Soto 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
Athena Elementary 77 465 $46,125 $104,181 4.0 9.0
Central Office 4 0 $123,896 $155,000 7.5 23.5
De Soto Junior High 56 339 $47,757 $104,181 5.0 12.0
De Soto Senior High 78 870 $50,325 $112,719 7.0 13.0
Early Childhood Center 40 0 $41,088 $74,425 7.0 7.0
Vineland Elementary 87 653 $48,731 $104,181 6.0 9.0

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.