Data received February 2026

Enrollment

2,783

Number of schools

8

Full-time educators

284

Median years in district

6.0

Median salary

$70,409

Top salary

$264,581

University City 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
Barbara Jordan Elementary 37 389 $61,115 $153,788 4.0 4.0
Brittany Woods 64 566 $76,703 $151,832 7.5 8.0
Central Office 9 0 $132,158 $264,581 15.0 25.0
Flynn Park Elementary 32 340 $59,275 $130,534 4.0 4.0
Jackson Park Elementary 32 317 $76,677 $132,000 7.5 8.5
Julia Goldstein Early Childhood 19 0 $62,336 $141,624 15.0 17.0
Pershing Elementary 33 291 $67,056 $121,264 8.0 9.0
University City Senior High 85 880 $76,771 $164,000 5.0 5.0

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