Super pay for superintendents

Running a public school system pays well.

Compensation for suburban school chiefs in the 2005-06 school year ranged from $121,565 to $394,995.

Among the 94 suburban districts surveyed by the Daily Herald, the average superintendent pay package was $198,732.

Besides base salary, the pay packages included some combination of bonuses, stipends, annuities, auto allowance, reimbursement for unused sick and vacation days, and payments to post-retirement health and pension plans.

And that doesn't include what the districts pay for their leaders' health, dental and life insurance coverage.

How much a superintendent makes depends on a variety of factors, from experience, to the size of the district, to the elected officials who make up school boards.

SCHOOL FINANCE 101Chapter 7Super pay for superintendents
Here are the 2005-06 pay packages for area school superintendents, listing salary; bonuses (also includes all annuities, stipends, payments for unused sick and vacation days, and car allowance); pension costs (includes all payments by district to health pension and retirement pension plans); total pay package (does not include health, dental, life or disability insurance costs); years as superintendent in district; total years as a superintendent; ADA (district's average daily attendance); and number of schools in district. Note: * means district did not respond to survey; pay figure obtained from state report. View reportAlso available is a downloadable Excel file with the same information
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Administrator pay vs. teacher pay

The numbers: Administrator vs. teacher pay

Here is the average pay for teachers and administrators in area school

districts as reported on the 1998 and 2006 school report cards,with the

amount of change over the 8-year period. View report

Also available is a downloadable Excel file with the same information
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Chapter 5

Non-class costs weigh heavy on schools

The numbers: Spending outside the classroom

Here are the total amounts of revenue area school districts collected in the 2005-06 school year and the percentages of revenue spent on administration, support services and other costs. View report

Also available is a downloadable, 10-year look at area school districts and their total revenues, with expenditures on instruction, administration, support services and other costs each year, and the 10-year totals for each category.
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