Data received February 2026

Enrollment

5,570

Number of schools

10

Full-time educators

493

Median years in district

8.0

Median salary

$78,911

Top salary

$280,000

Kirkwood 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 2025-2026 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 14 0 $143,614 $280,000 7.0 12.5
F. P. Tillman Elementary 39 448 $77,107 $207,052 8.0 13.0
George R. Robinson Elementary 41 453 $77,303 $146,226 9.0 14.0
Kirkwood Early Childhood Center 28 0 $71,052 $162,747 8.5 8.5
Kirkwood Senior High 154 1,681 $83,279 $182,907 11.5 16.5
Nipher Middle 60 658 $75,344 $176,604 6.0 11.0
North Glendale Elementary 44 551 $73,528 $148,858 6.0 12.0
North Kirkwood Middle 65 690 $83,068 $158,677 11.0 15.0
W. W. Keysor Elementary 43 537 $71,940 $162,747 7.0 14.0
Westchester Elementary 43 552 $79,112 $157,042 10.0 15.0

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