Annual salary
$40,000
Missouri · salary schedule · 2025-26
Ash Grove R-IV salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule benchmarks (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and benchmark to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Ash Grove R-IV's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $40,000 (BA, benchmark Minimum (step 1)) and tops out at $59,100 (MA, benchmark Maximum (last step)), per Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) Research (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $40,000 and reaches $47,500 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $43,600 to $59,100.
- The grid has 2 lane columns and 3 benchmark rows; the highest cell is reached at benchmark Maximum (last step).
- Ash Grove R-IV enrolled 745 students in 2023-24, the 209th-largest district in Missouri by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule benchmarks (2025-26)
Transcribed from imageDocumentMissouri National Education Association (MNEA) ResearchSchool year2025-26Effective
| Benchmark \ Lane | BA | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum (step 1) | $40,000 | $43,600 |
| Middle | $43,000 | $48,100 |
| Maximum (last step) | $47,500 | $59,100 |
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Per month (12)
$3,333.33
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Benchmark | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| Middle | $43,000 | +$3,000 |
| Maximum (last step) | $47,500 | +$7,500 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, benchmark Minimum (step 1) = $40,000 a year, $3,333.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Benchmark figures only. MNEA publishes the minimum, middle and maximum salary of each lane from the district's 2025-26 certified salary schedule, not every step of the grid.
Middle is step 7 of the bachelor's lane and step 10 of the master's lane, so the two cells in the middle row are not the same step. Where a lane has fewer steps than that, the report repeats the maximum.
Bachelor's lane reaches its maximum at step 16; Master's lane reaches its maximum at step 32.
Highest non-doctorate salary anywhere on the schedule: $61,500.
Maximum salary on the whole schedule (last lane, last step): $62,300 over 32 steps.
The full schedule has 6 lanes; only the bachelor's and master's lanes are broken out here.
MNEA flags this district as using Missouri's Teacher Baseline Salary Grant to lift schedule salaries up to $40,000; steps 1 through 7 that fall below $40,000 are paid at $40,000.
Missouri statute 163.172 sets a $40,000 minimum salary for a beginning teacher in 2025-26 and $46,000 for a full-time teacher with a master's degree and at least ten years of experience.
- Soft spot: Sourced from MNEA's statewide compilation of district-supplied schedules, not from the district's own posted PDF; the district's published schedule is the authority.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Ash Grove R-IV?
$40,000 on the lane BA at benchmark Minimum (step 1) of the 2025-26 schedule (Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) Research). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $40,000 (BA).
What is the top of the Ash Grove R-IV salary schedule?
$59,100, at benchmark Maximum (last step) on MA (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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