Annual salary
$64,500.00
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Highland Park Independent School District salary schedule, 2026-27
New-hire salary schedule for teachers (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years of experience credit to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Highland Park Independent School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $64,500.00 (Annual based on 187 days, years of experience credit 0) and tops out at $84,602.54 (Annual based on 187 days, years of experience credit 30), per Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas) (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $344.92 per day.
- The grid has 1 column columns and 31 years of experience credit rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience credit 30.
- Highland Park ISD enrolled 6,437 students in 2023-24, the 167th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
New-hire salary schedule for teachers (2026-27)
Official sourceDocumentHighland Park Independent School District (Dallas)School year2026-27EffectiveWork days187
| Years of Experience Credit \ Column | Annual based on 187 days |
|---|---|
| 0 | $64,500.00 |
| 1 | $65,520.00 |
| 2 | $67,825.16 |
| 3 | $70,538.17 |
| 4 | $70,778.53 |
| 5 | $71,052.28 |
| 6 | $71,816.16 |
| 7 | $72,132.32 |
| 8 | $72,448.48 |
| 9 | $72,870.72 |
| 10 | $73,292.96 |
| 11 | $73,715.20 |
| 12 | $74,137.44 |
| 13 | $74,559.68 |
| 14 | $74,981.92 |
| 15 | $75,404.16 |
| 16 | $75,826.40 |
| 17 | $76,248.64 |
| 18 | $76,670.88 |
| 19 | $77,199.20 |
| 20 | $77,727.52 |
| 21 | $78,255.84 |
| 22 | $78,784.16 |
| 23 | $79,312.48 |
| 24 | $79,840.80 |
| 25 | $80,369.12 |
| 26 | $81,215.68 |
| 27 | $82,062.24 |
| 28 | $82,908.80 |
| 29 | $83,755.36 |
| 30 | $84,602.54 |
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Per month (12)
$5,375.00
Per work day
$344.92 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience Credit | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $65,520.00 | +$1,020.00 |
| 2 | $67,825.16 | +$3,325.16 |
| 3 | $70,538.17 | +$6,038.17 |
| 4 | $70,778.53 | +$6,278.53 |
| 5 | $71,052.28 | +$6,552.28 |
Worked example as rendered: Annual based on 187 days, years of experience credit 0 = $64,500.00 a year, $5,375.00 a month spread over 12 months, $344.92 per work day on a 187-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Placement is determined by completed years of experience at the beginning of the 2026-2027 school year, subject to service record verification.
The district warns that these rates include the district's health insurance contribution and cannot be used to determine future or previous year salaries.
New hires with 31 or more years of experience are told to contact HR/Personnel; the printed schedule stops at 30 years.
Stipends on top of the schedule: $3,000 for a master's degree and $5,000 for a doctoral degree, with degrees submitted to HR by September 1, 2026.
The same document prints a Teacher Pay Range (minimum $64,500.00, midpoint $75,404.16, maximum $84,601.92 on 187 days) and an identical new-hire schedule for nurses, librarians and instructional coaches.
The document prints a daily rate beside each annual figure; each is the annual salary divided by 187.
- Soft spot: Because the rates include the district's health insurance contribution, they are not directly comparable with districts that publish salary alone.
How this schedule moves
On the Annual based on 187 days column a teacher moves from $64,500.00 at years of experience credit 0 to $84,602.54 at years of experience credit 30: 30 years of experience credit increases worth $670 each on average, 31% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,713, between years of experience credit 2 and years of experience credit 3.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Highland Park Independent School District's starting pay ranks 23rd and its top cell ranks 53rd; the state medians are $57,000 to start and $77,820 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 90th percentile and the top cell at the 41st percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Independent School District | 6,437 | 2026-27 | $64,500.00 | – | $84,602.54 |
| Crandall ISD | 6,443 | 2026-27 | $60,000 | – | $83,470 |
| Galveston ISD | 6,446 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | – | $82,204 |
| Ennis ISD | 6,466 | 2026-27 | $58,200 | – | $83,933 |
| Cedar Hill ISD | 6,336 | 2026-27 | $60,500 | $61,500 | $77,000 |
| Red Oak ISD | 6,592 | 2026-27 | $58,600 | – | $78,400 |
Starting pay is the first years of experience credit of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of experience credit cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Highland Park Independent School District schedule?
$64,500.00 at years of experience credit 0 on Annual based on 187 days, per the 2026-27 schedule (Highland Park Independent School District (Dallas)).
What is the top of the Highland Park Independent School District salary schedule?
$84,602.54, at years of experience credit 30 on Annual based on 187 days (2026-27). 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 Highland Park Independent School District salary schedule?
On the Annual based on 187 days column the top figure, $84,602.54, is reached at years of experience credit 30, 30 years of experience credit increases after years of experience credit 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Crandall ISDstarts $60,000
- Galveston ISDstarts $50,000
- Ennis ISDstarts $58,200
- Cedar Hill ISDstarts $60,000
- Red Oak ISDstarts $58,600
- Lockhart ISDstarts $54,000
- Friendswood ISDstarts $61,200.00
- Melissa ISDstarts $59,500
- Corsicana ISDstarts $52,500.00
- Southside ISDstarts $64,248
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