Annual salary
$40,000
Missouri · salary schedule · 2025-26
Fordland R-III 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.
- Fordland R-III's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $40,000 (BA, benchmark Minimum (step 1)) and tops out at $55,950 (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 $46,200 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $40,000 to $55,950.
- The grid has 2 lane columns and 3 benchmark rows; the highest cell is reached at benchmark Maximum (last step).
- Fordland R-III enrolled 629 students in 2023-24, the 242nd-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 | $40,000 |
| Middle | $40,200 | $44,950 |
| Maximum (last step) | $46,200 | $55,950 |
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Per month (12)
$3,333.33
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Benchmark | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| Middle | $40,200 | +$200 |
| Maximum (last step) | $46,200 | +$6,200 |
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 19; Master's lane reaches its maximum at step 30.
Highest non-doctorate salary anywhere on the schedule: $58,400.
Maximum salary on the whole schedule (last lane, last step): $59,150 over 30 steps.
The full schedule has 10 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.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $40,000 at benchmark Minimum (step 1) to $46,200 at benchmark Maximum (last step): 2 benchmark increases worth $3,100 each on average, 16% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $6,000, between benchmark Middle and benchmark Maximum (last step).
A master's degree is worth $0 more than a bachelor's at the first benchmark (0.0%) and $9,750 more at the top of the column (21.1%).
Among the 482 Missouri district schedules indexed here, Fordland R-III's starting pay ranks 169th and its top cell ranks 301st; the state medians are $40,000 to start and $58,299 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 10th percentile and the top cell at the 5th percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First benchmark | Top | Benchmark moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $40,000 | $46,200 | 2 | 16% |
| MA | $40,000 | $55,950 | 2 | 40% |
Against Missouri districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordland R-III | 629 | 2025-26 | $40,000 | $40,000 | $55,950 |
| Milan C-2 | 630 | 2025-26 | $40,000 | $42,400 | $56,000 |
| Westran R-I | 630 | 2025-26 | $40,000 | $44,200 | $55,400 |
| Bloomfield R-XIV | 627 | 2025-26 | $40,000 | $40,000 | $56,143 |
| Cole Co. R-I | 622 | 2025-26 | $40,000 | $40,000 | $56,125 |
| Putnam Co. R-I | 621 | 2025-26 | $40,000 | $42,000 | $59,100 |
Starting pay is the first benchmark of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-benchmark cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Fordland R-III?
$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 Fordland R-III salary schedule?
$55,950, 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.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Fordland R-III salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $46,200, is reached at benchmark Maximum (last step), 2 benchmark increases after benchmark Minimum (step 1) (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Fordland R-III?
$0 more at the first benchmark: $40,000 on MA against $40,000 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other Missouri districts with schedules
- Milan C-2starts $40,000
- Westran R-Istarts $40,000
- Bloomfield R-XIVstarts $40,000
- Cole Co. R-Istarts $40,000
- Putnam Co. R-Istarts $40,000
- Hamilton R-IIstarts $41,000
- Chaffee R-IIstarts $40,000
- Cole Co. R-Vstarts $41,000
- Neelyville R-IVstarts $40,000
- Hartville R-IIstarts $40,000
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